A factional
Chairman of the PDP in Kwara, Sunday Fagbemi, on Monday led some of his
sympathisers to take over the party’s secretariat on Asa Dam Road in Ilorin.
Members of the
party, who are loyal to the Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee of PDP, had
stormed the secretariat early in the morning amid wild jubilation.
The jubilant
PDP supporters were sighted carrying placards with various inscriptions
affirming Mr. Fagbemi’s leadership.
Speaking with
the journalists at the secretariat, Mr. Fagbemi said his executive committee
members remained the authentic leaders of the PDP in the state.
He said that
his committee was duly elected at the state congress of the party, noting that
the appeal committee set up by the national body of the party also affirmed him
as the state chairman in its report.
Mr. Fagbemi
alleged that the other factional chairman, Akogun Oyedepo, was fraternising
with the ruling APC in the state.
But in his
reaction, the Publicity Secretary of the Oyedepo-led executive of the PDP, Rex
Olawoye, insisted that Mr. Oyedepo remains the authentic state chairman of the
party.
Mr. Olawoye, who
said Mr. Oyedepo was in Abuja attending a national meeting of the party
wondered what Mr. Fagbemi was doing in Ilorin if he was truly elected the state
chairman.
He wondered
why any group would forcefully enter the secretariat of the party when the party’s
constitution stipulated normal taking -over process, describing the act as a
“coup and invitation to anarchy.’’
Mr. Olawoye,
however, said that the PDP was united in the state and all the differences
would be resolved in due course.
He said his
group would explore all legal means to retake the party secretariat in due
cause.
(NAN)
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