Angry members and leaders of Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Irepo local government areaof Oyo state demanded immediate resignation of the council chairman, Hon.Abdulrashed Adediran, elected councilors and political appointees from offfice
They accused them of working against the party during the February 25 and March 18 governorship and state assembly election
The protesters who stormed the secretary on moday morning locked the major entrance and chased away staff and security guards on duty.
The angry party members who stormed the premises of the secretariat, wielding placards with inscriptions such as “Santana Must Go,” “The Council Must Be Dissolved Immediately,” “You Have All Betrayed Our Trust,” “You Voted For APC,” “You Are Disrespecting The Deputy Governor,” and “We No Longer Have Confidence In Santana-Led Council,” among others.
The party chairman while addressing the crowd said” We don’t want santana again, he worked for APC, he cannot reap where he did not sow, he should leave PDP and
The protesters barricaded the Street leading to the secretariat and took over the control of the gate, after they overwhelmed the security operatives manning the gate.
The mob did not spare the billboard in front of the building, which bore the photographs of the LG Chairman, as they ripped it to shreds.
According to one of the protesters, both the youth and PDP leaders were out to protest injustice and anti-party actions of the Santana-led council against the party and the Governor who had magnanimously put him and the Councillors as the chairman of the local government and exco members.
“We are here to protest against Santana and the Council Members, who all worked against the party in the election on Saturday and the February 25 National election, which caused both the House of Representatives candidates, Hon. Hussein IJABAH and Hon. Akinwale Akinwole Wolekanle, to lose miserably.
“Within two weeks, the Local government council must be disbanded; else, we will barricade the secretariat and render the building ungovernable for all”
“We are loyal and committed party members, and we will never allow the council to continue to disrespect the deputy governor and continue to benefit from the government that the LG council worked against in the two elections by supporting All Progressives Congress.
“Many of us struggled to sleep in the last days before the election as we worked tirelessly on House of House campaign only to discover that the councillors, local government chairman and appointees who benefit most from the party were the ones who fought against us on election day. This is sad and unacceptable”, he added.
