Fayose Remains PDP Leader in Ekiti, Say Federal Lawmakers

 

The Peoples Democratic Partys (PDP) five House of Representatives members from Ekiti State on Sunday restated that the immediate past Governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose, remains the leader of the party in the state, describing his substitution by a faction of the party as laughable and done in bad  intention

They expressed their confidence in the leadership of the Chief

Gboyega Oguntuase-led state Exco of the party, dissociating themselves from last Saturday meeting of some stakeholders held at the instance of the Senate Minority Leader, Biodun Olujimi, which called for the dissolution of the state party Exco.

Members of the party under the PDP Stakeholders' Forum last Saturday held a meeting in Ado Ekiri and appointed the Senator representing Ekiti

South senatorial district, Mrs. Biodun Olujimi, the leader of the party

in the state and Southwest, being the topmost ranking elected official from the zone.

But responding to the action taken by members, House of

Representatives members, Kehinde Agboola (Ekiti North I), Thaddeus

Aina (Ekiti North II), Ayo Oladimeji (Ekiti Central I), Segun Adekola

(Ekiti South I) and Akin Awodumila (Ekiti South II) also reiterated their loyalty to Fayose, saying: “There is no leadership vacuum in the PDP in Ekiti State. Those desperate for political leadership should wait for their time.”

They called on the Senate leadership to call Senator Olujimi to order to avoid crisis capable of affecting the party’s chances in the 2019 general election.

The House members said: “While we agree that individuals or groups have rights to hold meetings, we are miffed that Olujimi was taking her selfish agenda of collapsing the party structures to the extreme.

“We were not consulted before the meeting was held, and most of those who attended the meeting were those who worked against our party in the July 14 governorship election. Some of them were even governorship candidates of other parties, and collectively, they could not get up to 1,000 votes in the election.

“Also, leaders like Chief Bola Olu-Oju who attended the meeting innocently have started dissociating themselves from its outcome and by Saturday this week, a proper meeting of stakeholders will be held in the state.

“Most importantly, is Senator Olujimi also claiming the leadership of the PDP in the South-west since she is the highest ranking elected official in Ekiti State and the South-West?”

“We therefore call on our party members and teeming supporters to disregard the meeting and its outcome, bearing in mind that it was a gathering of dissidents, most of whom contested the July 14 governorship election under other parties with some of them getting less than 200 votes.”