Fayose Alleges Over-voting At PDP South-West Zonal Congress

• The ambitions of Arapaja and Olafeso had caused sharp disagreement between Makinde and Fayose, the situation which made the party shift the venue and date of the congress from Ibadan to Osogbo

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has alleged that there was over-voting at the Peoples Democratic Party South-West zonal congress held in Osun State on Monday.

He, however, said his camp chose to overlook over-voting in the general interest of the party.

Taofeek Arapaja, the candidate backed by the camp of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, had polled 343 votes to emerge as new South-West Zonal Vice Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party on Monday while Eddy Olafeso backed by the camp of ex-governor Ayo Fayose got a total of 330 votes.

Read also: Makinde’s Candidate, Arapaja Emerges PDP South-West Chairman

Fayose, who had said he will accept the outcome of the election, in series of tweets late Monday night, added that “Like I said in my speech at the beginning of the congress that we should win together and we have indeed won together.

“Whatever may be our reservations on the issue of over-voting, we have chosen to look at the larger picture, which is the PDP.

“We must therefore use our energy and resources to rebuild the party.

“Arapaja’s 343 and Olafeso’s 330 votes, has simply shown strength on the two sides, this should be explored by the party, going forward.

“I thank the National Working Committee (NWC) for helping to bring this congress behind us.”

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