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The two contenders for the position of the zonal chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West zone have expressed confidence in emerging victorious at the party’s congress slated fort Osogbo, the Osun State capital, tomorrow.
Speaking to Sunday Tribune, Dr Eddy Olafeso, the candidate being supported by a group led by a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, said he is prepared for the congress and boasted of victory.
“On our own side, we are ready and we are winning. We are speaking to the ballot box. All our supporters will come in on Monday and vote for us.
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A former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has denied plans to attend a reconciliation meeting with Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, today.
Both Fayose and Makinde have polarised the PDP as a result of their differences as both party leaders have been supporting different factions of the party in the South-West.
Both of them have also nominated different men and women for party positions in the forthcoming zonal congress of the party in the South-West.
Their supporters have also been accusing and abusing their leaders, calling them unprintable names.
In a bid to reconcile the two leaders, ex-Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun State has reportedly convened a peace meeting.
South-west PDP holds zonal caucus meeting in Ibadan, harps on unity
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Leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West Zone held a zonal caucus meeting in Ibadan on Tuesday, where they stressed the need for a united front ahead of the zonal congresses of the party slated for March 6.
The leaders, who spoke severally, including Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun State, Senator Olu Alabi, Senator Abiodun Olujimi, Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Honourable Adebo Ogundoyin, and former Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja, harped on the need for conciliation and unity of purpose ahead of the party’s zonal congress.
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The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West has taken a turn for the worse as leaders of a former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, have directed their members to steer clear of a peace meeting convened by ex-Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun State.
Fayose’s supporters are also said to have started mobilising support for a former National Vice Chairman (South-West) of the party, Dr Eddy Olafeso, to return.
This is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting of the group, held in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Tuesday. It was gathered that the meeting was presided over by former Governor Fayose.