The 14-man executive members of Ogun State Chapter of People's Democratic Party has divided into two factions and
the factions are holding separate wards congresses across 236 wards of Ogun State.
The state party
chairman, Bayo Dayo and the Secretary, Semiu Sodipo is leading the one faction.
The second faction is being led by nine other
executives of the party; they include Deputy state chairman,
Elder Sunday Soledolu, state youth leader, Taofeek
Osundara, state publicity secretary,
Waliu Oladipupo,
state women leader, Nike Odutola, state
Treasurer, Aibinuola Adegoke, Vice-state chairman,
Amusa Isiaka, state organising secretary, Folasade
Filani, state auditor, Chief Ibukun Ojosipe and state
legal officer, Barrister Boladale Sanni.
The nine executive members claimed that they are majority excos and five members including the State Chairman and State Secretary could not overide them. They alledged that Both Bayo Dayo and Semiu Sodipo have sidelined the majority. They declared the wards congresses conducted by Bayo Dayo led excos as illegal; they also said the congress of the nine excos were the authentic.
Consequently, five members of the Peoples
Democratic Party have asked a Federal High
Court sitting in Abeokuta to restrain the Chief
Adebayo Dayo-led executive from conducting or
superintending the supervision of all the congresses
in the state.
The PDP chieftains, who are claimants/applicants in
an ex-parte application dated 18th April and
brought before Justice Mobolaji Ojo, are Barrister
Wasiu Sanni; Alhaja Nike Odutola; Mr Semiu
Babatunde; Barrister Semiu Adesanya; and Elder
Shola Soledolu.
The defendants in the suit number AB/121/2016
are: PDP, the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC), Chief Dayo, and Alhaji Semiu
Sodipo.
The claimants predicated their objection to the
Dayo-led executive on the premise that the tenure
of the executive lapsed on 27th February, this year,
prompting the seeking of the order of the court to
bar them from all the congress.
They also sought an order of the court directing the
PDP national leadership to appoint state caretaker
committee to conduct and supervise the congresses.
Part of the reliefs sought by the claimants
included an order directing the claimants and
independent observers to record live proceedings
of the congresses, as well as an order for
substituted service of court processes on the
defendants.
Justice Ojo, while ruling on the application April 18
as moved by counsel to the claimants, W.O
Liady, granted the prayers for substituted service
and the service of PDP and INEC in Abuja, within
7 days, while hearing on the motion on notice
was fixed for May 3.
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