Suspended Osun PDP Members Want Atiku, NWC Intervention

Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ayedaade local government of Osun State who were suspended over allegations of anti-party activities have called for prompt intervention of the National Working Committee of the party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

They warned that the activities of the caretaker committee of the party in the state could jeopardise and diminish the chances of the party winning the 2023 presidential and other elections in the state if not urgently checked.

The suspended members, from Dotun Babayemi’s Ayedaade local government area of Osun State include Chief Segun Odekunmi who is the secretary of Elders Forum for PDP in the state, Adelani Ajanaku, a former special adviser to Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola and Kehinde Adesiyan, a former executive assistant on legal matters to the governor.

Others are Mayowa Adegboye, Aliyu Adeyanju, Kamorudeen Ojo Elegunmeje, Ajayi Solomon and Munurudeen Adekunle.

In their petition to the national leadership of the party signed by all of them and made available to reporters in Osogbo, the eight petitioners warned of dire consequences of leaving the Osun PDP crisis unattended as the elections are gradually approaching.

Titled, “Re:Complaints Against the Illegal Suspension of Party Leaders from Ayedaade Local Government of Osun State By the State Caretaker Committee, Pursuant to Articles 57 & 61 of Peoples Democratic Party’s Constitution of 2017 (Amended), the petition was forwarded to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, all members of the National Working Committee of the party, and Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola.”