OMISORE STILL IN PDP

The Director General of the Faforiji’s wing of the Peoples

Democratic Party, Honourable Bade Falade has debunk the

rumour that a stronghold of the party, Senator Iyiola

Omisore has dumped the party.

Falade made the statement in Osogbo through a statement

made available to Amiloaded on Thursday, he claimed that

the former Deputy Governor of Osun State has not leave the

party.

The statement reads, “By implication, Senator Iyiola

Omisore has not exited the PDP. As we speaks, we have

litigations pending in court. The court will determine

because the judiciary is seen as the last hope of the

common man. Until the case is determined we cannot say

we are leaving the PDP. We are still in PDP until the

litigation is determined

This meeting is supposed to be one of our stakeholders

routine meetings. We called this meeting purposely to brief

our people, concerning the happenings in the PDP of recent.

As you are all aware, there was congress recently

organised by the national leadership of our party. Before

now, we have been divided into two major camps, namely

the Adagunodo and Faforiji’s camp.

When the instruction for the re-convening of the congress

was passed, the directive was only given to one side. That

was Adagunodo group. Before we realised, what was going

on, they have concluded the congresses. The outstanding

ward congress, according to them was conducted without

us. The local government congress they did without us.

“The state congress, which climaxed was also organised by

that group and was supported by the National Working

Committee (NWC) of the PDP. Before then, there had been a

court action, trying to establish that the ward congress had

already been concluded in Osun State by the former national

leadership of the PDP, headed by Senator Ahmed Makarfi.

And it even formed an instrument of the national convention

that we held in Abuja. On the basis of that, we thought there

was no need for another ward congress again. That in the

wisdom of the national chairman of our party or the

National Working Committee, they felt they have to revisit

the matter and conduct their own, which they did.

We didn’t participate. Our intention is to come here today to

brief our people because they have been restless since

these congresses were held. We thought we could bring

them together and let them know the state of affairs. here,

but before we knew what was happening, you could see the

way and manner the PDP party flags were being lowered

and the signboard was being destroyed.

That was not our making, it was at the instance of the

people. I want to say that I am the ex-officio member of the

party at national level and in Osun State, we are still in the

PDP. Our people are aggrieved and they have reasons to be

aggrieved, but we are trying to pacify them.”

Honourable Falade urged all members of the public not to

be distracted by the lies been circulated in some quarters

and believe in the party.

Some chieftains of the party that attended the stakeholders’

meeting include former Minister for Police Affairs, Alhaji

Jelili Adesiyan, former factional chairman of the PDP in the

state, Dr Bayo Faforiji, Barrister Adetise, Alhaji Tajudeen

Oladipo, Colonel Kunle Falabi (rtd), among others