Aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Oyo state has said the division in the party is caused by governor Seyi Makinde’s high-handedness, recalcitrant attitude and lack of leadership within the party
The group which alterted the public about the division said said that ” Oyo State PDP has been factionalized into two – one is headed by the Governor and the other by the leaders and stakeholders across the 33 local governments as evidence at this meeting.”
In a communique issued at the end of stakeholders meeting held at Jogot centre and signed by Mogaji Nureni Akanbi And H.E. Hazeem Gbolarumi, the group also frowns at frowns at the Governor’s attitude of giving Party patronage to non Party members as against genuine Party members who laboured to bring the PDP back to power in Oyo State as demonstrated during the last Local Government election where the Governor ‘ donated’ 4 chairmen and vice and 48 Councillorship seats to his friends in ADC.
While calling on the national leadership of PDP to urgently step in to rescue the Party in Oyo State from the grip of the Governor who is running the Party like his personal estate, the stakeholders announced their resolved to save the PDP from mismanagement and egoistic tendencies of the State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde.
On the state of Insecurity in the state, the Stakeholders condemn the spate and calls on the State Governor to wake up to his primary responsibility of protecting lives and property of the citizenry.
“The PDP stakeholders commiserate with the bereaved families of those who lost their lives in Ogbomosho, Ibarapa and other parts of the State. The body prays that God should comfort their families.”
