New chairman of the Ogun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Samson Bamgbose, has said the inauguration of the new State Executive Committee of the party, at the weekend, was legal having complied with the laws of the land.
The new chairman, therefore, said it was valid.
Bambgose was reacting to a statement credited to the National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus and the National Secretary, Senator Umaru Tsauri, dissociating the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party from the newly inaugurated state executive committee in the state.
Bamgbose, in a statement, noted that while the position of the NWC was not unexpected, “it is disturbing that our leaders in this great party still do not understand (or just don’t care) that all politics is local and that handing over the structures of the PDP to Ladi Adebutu (whose only desire for seeking such control is to guarantee his ambition of being the candidate of the party for the Ogun State gubernatorial elections in 2023) is a recipe for depletion of the commitment of members to the party in Ogun State and defeat at the polls.”
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According to the new chairman, the issue as to which organ of the party is empowered to conduct congresses for the elections of party leaders in Ogun State had been resolved in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/636/2016, where the court reposed the powers in the party’s state executive committee.
He said, “The courts in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/347/2012 and successive cases (particularly Suit No. FHC/L/CS/636/2016) have sought to create a special case for the conduct of congresses and primaries in the Ogun State Chapter of the PDP.
