The acting chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State, Lanre Omolase, has dismissed the dissolution of the State Executive Committee of the party by the Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee, describing it as an exercise in futility.
Omolase, who said he remained the PDP chairman in the state until a court of competent jurisdiction ruled otherwise, said the party’s NWC lacked such powers to remove duly elected SEC members.
The Ekiti PDP boss, in a statement on Sunday titled “I remain PDP chairman of PD in Ekiti State, Omolase dismisses dissolution of exco,” also condemned the suspension by the NWC of the National Assembly candidates in the state, and said, “There is nowhere the candidates were invited to defend themselves as dictated by the principle of fair hearing.”
The statement was in reaction to the announced dissolution of the Ekiti exco and the suspension of seven out of the nine PDP candidates for the National Assembly by the NWC for alleged anti-party activities. Omolase, who clarified why he and some other PDP chieftains were absent when Ayu and the PDP presidential candidate were in Ekiti for the campaign last week, said, “For the campaign rally, only two out of nine National Assembly candidates were involved. Even as acting chairman, I was completely ignored.
“It, therefore, appears funny and laughable to me that the NWC, which did not visit Ekiti during the last governorship election, is now angry that we did not attend a presidential rally that we were never involved in its planning.”
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