Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has been removed as the leader
of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the State.
PoliticsNGR learnt that at a stakeholders of the People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) in the state on Saturday, Fayose was removed as the leader of the party
in the state whileSenate Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi, was
confirmed as PDP’s new leader in Ekiti State and Southwest region.
Olujimi is the party’s highest ranking political office holder in the
southwest geo-political zone.
They asked for the immediate dissolution of the present State Working
Committee (SWC) led by the state PDP Chairman, Mr. Gboyega Oguntuase, and
demanded the constitution of a caretaker committee. These are part of the
resolutions reached at Ekiti PDP Stakeholders Meeting held in Ado-Ekiti, the
State capital, and attended by serving and former political office holders.
Party chieftains who attended the meeting included Olujimi, former Deputy
Governor, Dr. Sikiru Lawal; former Acting Governor, Mr. Olatunji Odeyemi;
Ekiti Assembly Deputy Speaker, Mr. Segun Adewumi; former state PDP Chairman,
Chief Bola Olu-Ojo; governorship aspirants, former National Assembly members,
former State Assembly members, former local government chairmen and former
party officers.
Speaking with reporters after the meeting, Senator Olujimi explained that
Fayose was excluded from the meeting owing to the fact that he had just been
released from detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) over alleged financial fraud.
“We knew what he might have passed through by staying in detention and we
know it might not be easy for him to attend this meeting, so there is no
faction at all in our party. My being appointed the Leader does not mean
there is crisis.
“The very day he left office was the day he was summoned by EFCC and we knew
the rigour he had passed through. We are going to work together, I mean with
former Governor Fayose. What we are doing is that we don’t want to allow his
exit from office to mean the end of PDP in Ekiti. So, let me assure our
supporters that we are on the same page with former Governor Fayose and other
stakeholders. We are not factionalised and we shall work hard and ensure we
win in next year’s election,” she said.
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