By DAPO FALADE
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has pledged its loyalty to a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, declaring: “On issues regarding to the PDP in the South-West zone, we will only attend meetings called by him.”
This was made known when Honourable Ladi Adebutu and Ogun State chairman of the party, Dr Sikirulai Ogundele, led all the 14-member State Working Committee, the 20 local government party chairmen and all the national delegates to visit Fayose, in Lagos.
They prayed for the former governor and urged him to remain focussed and undaunted in his quest to ensure fairness, equity and justice in building a formidable PDP in the Southwest zone, and Nigeria in general.
Dr Ogundele, who spoke on behalf of the delegation said: “Today, we visit our leader, the key leader that we know in the South-West, Dr. Peter Ayodele Fayose, to wish him a happy birthday and to show our solidarity with his leadership and unalloyed loyalty and commitment to his directives in the zone in the coming South-West zonal congress and that Ogun State will not be a part of any meeting that is not initiated by him.
“We condemn all acts of violence by some leaders who are claiming to be generals, but without followers and we call on the PDP National Working Committee to call them to order as no group or individual has monopoly of violence.
“We equally acknowledge and appreciate the NWC, led by Prince Uche Secondus and we pledge our loyalty to the NWC while we call for a credible southwest congress.
“We again emphasise that every state is independent and there is no Governor General in the constitution of our party. We salute our key leaders in persons of Honourable Ladi Adebutu, Senator Demola Adeleke, Dr Eddy Olafeso, Engr Deji Doherty, Reverend Bunmi Jenyo and others.
“For the coming South-West Zonal Congress, we stand by Dr Eddy Olafeso as the zonal Chairman.”
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