Former Military Governor of Lagos State and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chieftain, Brigadier General Olagunsoye Oyinlola, rtd, have indicated interest in vying for the position of the National Chairman of PDP.
Oyinlola made his interest known in the wake of the suspension of embattled PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, by Rivers State High Court on Monday August 23, 2021, and the order by an Abuja High Court stopping him from parading himself as Chairman of the opposition Party.
Oyinyola who was, also, a former Osun State Governor said that his aspiration would depend on two conditions, which will include if the position is zoned to the South West and his ability to muster the stakeholders of the party.
At a Current Affairs Radio Programme in Osogbo, Osun State Capital, to mark the 30th anniversary of the creation of Osun State, on Monday, August 25th, 2021, Oyinlola revealed that he is more prepared to serve in the office of PDP National Chairman because he has garnered a decade of cumulative experience in governance both as Military Administrator of Lagos State and third Civilian Governor of Osun State.
While describing his achievements in Government as no mean feat, he accused those using his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2014 to attack him as cheap blackmailers.
According to him, his leaving the PDP was because the party drove him away by engineering his removal.
He said a plan was concocted because President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan wanted to run for a second term in 2015.
The former Commander of Nigerian Military Contingent to Somalia stated that for such positions, it is only capacity, capability and integrity that mattered.
Stressing further on his ability in that capacity, he said that his records speak for him because he had served in two states in Nigeria without being found wanting.
Meanwhile, the Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Yemi Akinwunmi, has suspended the meeting of the party’s National Working Committee indefinitely.
Akinwunmi gave the directive on Tuesday following the restraining order issued against Secondus, by a Rivers High Court in Port Harcourt.
Secondus had said he was unperturbed by the Court ruling restraining him as the Chairman of the PDP.
Speaking through his Media Aide, Ike Abonyi, he said in a statement; “If Secondus and the party are taken to court, they will defend themselves.
“PDP and Secondus are not afraid of court; this party is a child of history, owned by Nigerians, bigger than any individual or group, including desperadoes.”
Abonyi claimed that the story of the restraining order originated through the special assistant on media to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike who has been spear-heading the Secondus must-go agenda.
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