Former Deputy Governor of Oyo State Ambassador Taofeek Oladejo Arapaja has defeated ex Osun state governor prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola to emerged as the Deputy National Chairman (South South ) of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP
At the National Convention where delegates voted for the candidate of their choice, prince Oyinlola scored 705
While Ambassador Arapaja acored 2004 while 165 vote were voided
Before the election efforts to
make Arapaja the sole candidate for the office failed and the stakeholders decided to leave both men to slug it out.
The governors queued behind a former deputy governor of Oyo State, Ambassador Taofek Arapaja, for the position and mandates delegates from their state to vote for him
The position of the Deputy National Chairman (South) was zoned to the South-West and was initially micro-zoned to Osun State after Arapaja from Oyo State was already elected as the party’s vice chairman (south).
But the PDP governors rejected the choice of Oyinlola for the job and settled for Arapaja base on reasons best known to them
Full list of the new PDP National Executive
National Chairman – Iyorchia Ayu
Deputy National Chairman (North) – Umar Damagum (Contested)
Deputy National Chairman (South) – Taofeek Arapaja (Contested)
National Secretary – Samuel Anyanwu (Unopposed)
National Treasurer – Ahmed Mohammed (Unopposed)
National Organising Secretary – Umar Bature (Unopposed)
National Financial Secretary – Daniel Woyegikuro (Unopposed)
National Women’s Leader – Professor Stella Effah-Attoe (Unopposed)
National Youth Leader – Muhammed Suleiman (Contested)
National Legal Adviser – Kamaldeen Ajibade (Unopposed)
National Publicity Secretary – Debo Ologunagba (Unopposed)
National Auditor – Okechuckwu Daniel (Unopposed)
Deputy National Secretary – Setoji Kosheodo (Unopposed)
Deputy National Treasurer – Ndubisi David (Unopposed)
Deputy National Publicity Secretary – Ibrahim Abdullahi (Unopposed)
Deputy National Organising Secretary – Ighoyota Amori (Unopposed)
Deputy National Financial Secretary – Adamu Kamale (Unopposed)
Deputy National Women’s Leader – Hajara Wanka (Unopposed)
Deputy National Youth Leader – Timothy Osadolor (Unopposed)
Deputy National Legal Adviser – Okechukwu Osuoha (Unopposed)
Deputy National Auditor – Abdulrahman Mohammed (Unopposed)
