Doherty Emerges Lagos PDP Chairman

Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday, elected Engineer Deji Doherty as chairman of the party.

The election was conducted despite a court injunction, restraining the party from filling the vacant positions.

The election held under the supervision of three-man team of the party sent by the National Working Committee (NWC) and led by Senator Ben Obi, as chairman.

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According to Senator Obi, the election had 68 delegates approved by NWC of the party but only 45 delegates voted at the election which took place at L’eola Hotel, Maryland.

The party started with accreditation of delegates, and supervised by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), where three candidates contested for the position of chairman, with Doherty garnering 27 votes to emerge winner.

Omotanwa Kudirat, who came second, scored 21 votes, while Adejumo Ajegbe was disqualified for failure to have resigned his position as Assistant State Vice- Chairman, Lagos West Senatorial Zone, seven days before the election.

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