In that same vain, those aspiring for chairmanship of the party in the local government councils would pay N300, 000, while those aspiring for chairmanship at the ward level would N100, 000.

And Orbih while addressing the party members earlier advised them not to hand over positions to people who would use the positions to negotiate their exits from the party.

Orbih, who announced that the fees system had been unveiled by the National Working Committee of the PDP, said people interested in the positions should go forward and collect the forms.

He, however, advised that people interested in the various positions should go about it in peaceful manner.

“We should be careful not to hand over these positions to those who will use them to negotiate their future exit.

“In these are strange times, we are seeing those who have benefited most from this party shopping for excuses to justify their undignified exit.

“Our liberalism must be exercised with caution arising from the bitter lesson of political ingrates, who are today casting aspersions on the PDP.

“No matter what they are saying, Edo State people see them as cheap fair weather politicians, who will do anything to advance their selfish political interests. But time will tell.”

Orbih reiterated that the governorship and the chairmanship positions were not zoned in the state, saying, however, that a committee would work the zoning of offices next month.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Edo State is billed for governorship polls in August next year in an election expected to be characterised by back-stabbing, betrayals and violence.