When will peace return to Ekiti PDP?
stakeholders, particularly at the national level. For the past three years, the embattled state chapter has not known peace, the cracks have been widening as if the party was destined for self-destruction. Some of its prominent leaders and their supporters have left and joined other parties. The logjam took its toll on the former ruling party in the state when it was defeated by the opposition All Progressives Congress in the July 14, 2018 governorship poll.
Sensing that Fayose would eventually have his way, some aspirants left the party to realise their ambition in other political parties. For instance, Bejide moved to the Peoples’ Party of Nigeria and picked the party’s ticket for the governorship poll. Omoyeni also defected to Allied Congress Party of Nigeria and became the party’s flag bearer.
Nevertheless, Olusola emerged the winner. All contestants except Adeyeye adjudged the primary free and fair. Adeyeye cried foul and defected to the APC. But, Olujimi decided to remain in the party. But, Olusola later lost the governorship election to Kayode Fayemi of the APC. They urged the Senate leadership then to call Senator Olujimi to order, to avoid crisis capable of affecting the party’s chances in 2019 general elections. In the midst of the internal wrangling, the composition of the Atiku/Obi Campaign Council for Ekiti State became a bone of contention in the Ekiti chapter. Olujimi who was the Senate Minority Leader then felt slighted that after the council was constituted, Fayose unilaterally altered it.
The senator added: “It was in the spirit of equity, justice, fairness and general acceptability in Ekiti PDP, that majority demanded that Mr Fayose should be mandated to comply immediately with the party’s earlier resolution by adhering to the earlier membership and composition of the Atiku/Obi Presidential Council as previously agreed by the SWC led by Oguntuase; Senator Olujimi; Senator Duro Faseyi; Prof. Olubunmi Olusola and federal lawmakers that were present.
Thus, Olujimi’s group lost out. Curiously, the PDP national leadership failed to mediate and call the feuding parties to order. But, Oguntuwase refused to conduct the inauguration exercise as demanded by Fayose group, claiming no directive was given to him by the party’s national secretariat. However, the inauguration was done by a notary public Niyi Idowu on the instruction of Fayose.
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