We Will Boycott December 7 Council Poll- PDP

– Ekiti PDP said that it would distance itself from a predetermined exercise

– We all resolved that in the overriding interest of the party, so that there will be activity in the party

– Any chairman of any local government that is making any announcement to the contrary, no matter who is backing him, shall receive adequate query

 

The leadership of the peoples democratic party in Ado-Ekiti had said that it will boycott December 7 council polls over alleged plot by Governor Kayode Fayemi to rig the elections for his party.

The group, in a statement in Ado Ekiti by Hon. Yinka Olomofe on behalf of Ado-Ekiti Council Stakeholders, directed its member to distance themselves from a predetermined excercise.

But the Forum for the PDP local Government party chairmen refuted the announcement, saying that the party will participate in the council polls.

The Forum said the decision depend on the resolution reached by the party’s State Executive Committee during a joint meeting of the State Working Committee and the Local Government Party Chairmen held on September 25, 2019.

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The Forum, in a statement on Sunday in Ado Ekiti by its Chairman and Secretary, Hon. Idowu Akinbode and Hon. Israel Ogudele respectively and 12 other members of the forum, declared the announcement of non-participation as null and void.

Meanwhile, the PDP State Chairman, Chief Gboyega Oguntuwase said: “The position of the extended EXCO, the SWC with all party chairmen of all the local governments, we met and we discussed extensively on what the PDP should do concerning the local government election.

“We all resolved that in the overriding interest of the party, so that there will be activity in the party, so that Ekiti people will have option, so that the fundamental provision of the constitution that we all have right to vote and be voted for would not be blotted out by unnecessary emotions and sabotage that we should participate in the elections.

“Any chairman of any local government that is making any announcement to the contrary, no matter who is backing him, shall receive adequate query and punishment for leading a rebellion at the appropriate time. I, as the state chairman, confirm that we shall take part in the elections,” he said