PDP sacks Ekiti executive, set up caretaker c’ttee

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved the party’s executive committee in Ekiti State with immediate effect.

The PDP, however, appointed a caretaker committee to run the affairs of the party in the state for three months with effect from Friday, January 20, 2023.

Arch. Sadiq Obanoyen was also appointed as the chairman of the PDP caretaker committee in Ekiti State.

The opposition party made this known via a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Friday.

The statement read: “Following the recent developments in the Ekiti State chapter of our great party, the National Working Committee (NWC), after careful deliberations and extensive consultations, on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC) and pursuant to Sections 29(2)(b) and 31(2)(e) of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017), has dissolved the PDP Ekiti State Executive Committee with immediate effect.

“In its place the NWC, on behalf of NEC has approved the appointment of Ekiti State Caretaker Committee to run the affairs of the Party in the State for a period of three (3) months effective from today Friday, January 20, 2023, and to function pursuant to Section 24(2) of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017).

“The NWC also approved the appointment of Arch. Sadiq Obanoyen as Chairman of the PDP Ekiti State Caretaker Committee.

“The PDP urges all leaders, critical stakeholders, and teeming members of our Party in Ekiti State to remain united and focused on the task ahead.”

The Star recalls that the governorship candidate of the PDP in the 2022 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State, Bisi Kolawole, in December 2022, rejected his appointment as the chairman of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council in the state.

Kolawole hinged his decision on the inclusion of some members of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the PDP Presidential Campaign Council.

The governorship candidate, an ally of the former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, stated that the SDP members included in the PDP campaign council were people who left the main opposition party before the June 18 governorship election in the state, adding that he will not be able to function in the midst of people who “openly and gladly” worked against his election in the state.

Fayose and his allies failed to attend the recent PDP presidential campaign rally in the state.

The Star