Ayodele Oni
Despite series of litigations and crisis within the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) in Ekiti state, there is still prospect for the party to win the June Governorship election, a former National Ex-officio member has observed.
Mr Samson Siasia, in a letter to the National Chairman of the PDP, Dr Iyorcha Ayu, advised him to thread the path of honour by resolving issues, and bring together aggrieved members to achieve the victory.
He pointed out that what was required of Dr Ayu is “political wisdom and intelligence, at this eleventh hour because, the absence of justice could truncate the entire exercise and deny the PDP and its candidate victory.
“It’s no longer news to you Mr Chairman, that everything about Ekiti PDP has been subjected to litigation.
“Having it in attendance at Wadata House for the Appeal panels on Thursday, last week, and many other functions that have to do with your success in office, two strong options is left for PDP in Ekiti should you want to record success in your first assignment as Chairman and to avoid been embarrassed by the ruling party.
“It is either you conduct Direct Primaries across the 177 wards in Ekiti State or go for the statutory (super) delegates as recognized by the party’s constitution and guidelines.
“I have watched with keen interest the political developments in Ekiti State arising from the botched three ad-hoc delegates congresses, the encumbered harmonization report and the threat of conducting a governorship primary that could endanger the chances of the PDP due to the prolonged legal logjams and disquite.
“Since there are still pending cases in court arising from the controversial 2020 Congresses in Ekiti State, we wish to quickly draw the attention of the PDP leadership to the recent turn of events at the Supreme Court where the Apex court reversed itself in the case of Guaranteed Trust Bank, (GTB) vs Innoson motors in Nnewi area of Anambra State.
“While it is indisputable that the PDP has a good prospect of winning Ekiti if the party can present a viable candidate and get the other aspirants to cooperate, the looming danger, however, is in going the way of Zamfara or Rivers, where the APC lost out completely in 2019.
“The harmonization and reconciliation between the warring groups have failed; I must tell you Mr. Chairman.
“The three ad-hoc delegates election was a disaster; the National delegates’ election did not hold; there are two outstanding local government congresses; there are pending litigations, and the tensed atmosphere cannot allow the redo of these exercises, if we are not interested in distance third (3rd) comes June 18, 2022.
“To set the record straight, you as the party leadership cannot ask Senators Abiodun Olujimi/ Duro Faseyi group (Repositioning) to withdraw their case in court because former Governor Ayodele Fayose immediately defaulted in the implementation of the agreement reached, while he still controls the party executives in the majority 14 local governments.
“In lieu of these mentioned atrocities, the NWC cannot unfairly ask the other aspirants in Ekiti to go into an election where Fayose, who is not an aspirant, boasts of controlling the party executives, yet political watchers have accused him of fielding a weak aspirant and nursing a secret pact with the Governor of Ekiti, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.
“The PDP generally must understand the importance of the two off-cycle elections in Ekiti and Osun States to the party’s success in the 2023 elections.
“Thank God, it was stated by HE the former Governor of Enugu state Okwesilieze Nwodo led Appeal panel and the need to avoid the slippery slope of litigation because the Supreme Court cannot be trusted anymore.”
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