Over the weekend, the Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)elected Rotarian Tella Abayomi as the new state executive chairman for the party.
The 7 – man PDP State Congress Committee for the state, led by Alhaji Kabiru Baffa Jauro, declared Tella as the new party chairman after an election dully supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) team, led by Mrs. Uzo Amala Otegbulu; the commission’s Head of Department (HOD) for Election Party Monitoring (EPM) and other observers which included the police, the DSS and that of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
Speaking with journalists after being declared winner, the new PDP State Chairman, Tella, vowed that the state chapter of the party will be “rejuvenated and repositioned” for a successful contest in the forthcoming 2027 elections in the state.
Tella specifically assured that the party under him will work towards restoring the party’s heritage as a ruling party, which hitherto boasted of former President Olusegun Obasanjo as the nation’s president.
He explained that his party’s primary concern was not opposition but maintaining a solid status as a ruling party, stressing that returning to the seat of power must be realised at the next polls.
Emphasising that the party was ready “ever than before” to mend all fences that would enable it to move forward, Tella, however, enjoined the aggrieved members to desist from further patronising the media “on wrong information” and courtrooms and join his committee to build a stronger PDP in the state.
Also speaking with newsmen, Jauro, the chairman of the PDP’s State Congress Committee, urged members of the public to disregard reports of alleged parallel congress by the aggrieved members of the state chapter of the PDP, stressing that such remains a “kangaroos congress” and an exercise in futility.
Jauro maintained that his committee met with all politicians in the state chapter of PDP after liaising with the party’s Local Organising Committee (LOC), where necessary information regarding the conduct of Saturday’s Congress was rolled out to ensure a hitch-free programme.
