Osun state PDP on Monday disowned a group of individuals that had asserted themselves as members of the executive committee of Otun Balogun Ward 2, Ayedaade local government area of the state adding that a decision had been taken to release the list of members of the Ward exco in order to confirm that Prince Dotun Babayemi was duly expelled by the PDP officials at the ward level.
The party in a statement issued in Osogbo and made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by its Director of Media, Mr Oladele Bamiji asserted that the list of executive committee members, who expelled Babayemi, tallied with the official list of ward officials available at the state and national levels, describing those making false claims as ‘errand boys of the All Progressives Congress (APC)’.
‘For record purposes, the 17 ward officials of Otun Balogun Ward 2, Ayedaade LGA were elected on the 25th of September 2021 at a duly conducted ward Congress in some wards as applicable in the administrative arrangements of our party in the state and as supervised by the national office of the party.
The elected officials as contained in the record of the party at the national office and duly verified by the state chapter of the party are as follows: Chief Awodeji Julius – Chairman; Hon Rabiu Isiaka – Vice Chairman; Mr Ogunleye Bukayo – Secretary; Odejobi Babayunde – Assistant Secretary; Oyeleke Julianah – Treasurer; Adegbenle Felix – Financial Secretary; Adeleke Yemi – Organizing Secretary; Adebayo Zacheaus – Publicity Secretary; Olusoji Adenike – Women Leader; Adebiyi Olumide – Youth Leader.
Others are Suleimon Adebayo – Legal Adviser; Oyewole Abraham – Auditor; Okewumi Mathew – Ex Officio; Olaolu Olatunde – Ex Officio; Oloyede Joshua – Ex Officio; Olawumi Aanu – Ex Officio; and Oyelami Rufus – Ex Officio.
We affirm that the above PDP Ward officials had the statutory powers in respect of the process that led to the eventual expulsion of Babayemi from the PDP, after being found guilty of anti- party activities and other offences negating extant rules regulating the conduct of our party members, we urge interested stakeholders to verify the record both at the national and Osun State offices of the PDP.
While confirming that these officials were the recognized leadership of the party at the ward level, we warn Prince Babayemi to steer clear of PDP affairs in the local government forthwith or face the wrath of the law and that of members of the party in the local government.
The party is handing down this warning against the backdrop of fake individuals apparently sponsored by Prince Babayemi, who are parading themselves as officials of the party in the ward.
This in our opinion was in furtherance of the avowed collaboration of Babayemi with the rejected APC to destabilize our great party as well as conjure a template for their possible infiltration of the judiciary with regard to the frivolous court cases’ he said.
The state PDP also called on Babayemi not to overreach himself as members of the party will not hesitate to deploy the full weight of the law against him in consequence of his destructive antics against the party in the state.
‘The expelled member is advised to desist from undermining elected party officials in the Ward and PDP will stop at nothing to protect the interests of its members and especially that of the good people of Osun, who defied all odds to support Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, resulting in his getting elected as state Governor in the recently held gubernatorial election.
For the sake of emphasis, we challenge those sponsored by Babayemi, parading themselves as PDP ward executives in the Otun Balogun ward 2 in Ayedaade local government to come up with their documented election results as approved by the national office, to support their assertion’ the party said-Team@orientactualmags.com
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