Ekiti PDP Dumps Fayose, Beckons Olujinmi To Lead Party

By Ayodele Oni

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti state is in search of a leader to reposition the party and bring back the warring factions.

Some leaders and stakeholders of the party on Friday  converged at the residence of Senator Abiodun Olujimi, in Ado Ekiti, urging her to stand up and rescue the party from descending into political oblivion.

PDP in Ekiti State has been in a State of comatose due to the romance of the  leader of the party, Ayo Fayose, with opposition All Progressives Congress, (APC) which has consistently de marketed the party.

Fayose, two term governor on the ticket of PDP, is presently being regarded more as APC member at the state and federal levels.

He once joined other former governors of the state to endorse Governor Biodun Oyebanji for second term, leaving his own party.

Rising from several previous stakeholders’ meeting across the Ekiti State, the party leaders resolved to plead with Senator Abiodun Olujimi to pick up the mantle of leadership and provide the missing link to political success for the party again in Ekiti.

The Representatives of the leaders from across the 16 local governments visited  Olujimi and delivered the demand of the party  and encouraged her to rise up as the rallying point for Ekiti State PDP.

Speakers at the meeting, which include Dr Omotoso, and Wale Ayeni  reiterated the need for clarity of purpose and the preparedness of the party in Ekiti to avoid the impending doom that awaits it, “should we fail to meet up to the exigencies of the moment in positive leadership.”

Also present at the meeting were the Publicity Secretaries of the party both at the state and southwest region, Rapheal Adeyanju and Chief Sanya Atofarati, respectively.

Atofarati emphasized on the need for a rallying point that will galvanize support for the party which he believes  Olujimi reserves to capability to deliver, owing to her vast reach within the party hierarchies, not only in Ekiti state, but also across the southwest region, while calling on all other well meaning leaders and stakeholders of the party to support her.

In her response, Olujimi thanked the party leaders reiterating that there is nowhere else to call her own other than PDP and all hands must be on deck to bring PDP back to winnings ways.

She promised to unite the party and work with other leaders to achieve the overall success in subsequent elections.