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Inside Osun PDP’s War Of Attrition

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Adagunodo, Others May Be Expelled, Suspended From Party

Relocation Of Party Secretariat Raises Fresh Controversies

By Ismaeel Uthman

THE war of attrition within the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State of Osun continues unabated. 

Findings by OSUN DEFENDER have revealed that the legal redress of perceived injustice meted on the embattled Chairman of the PDP, Hon Soji Adagunodo, has further heightened the internal crisis rocking the party. 

There is an ongoing plot by some unnamed chieftains of the PDP to influence the National Working Committee of the party to expel Adagunodo and suspend some of his loyalists and supporters from the party, it was learnt. 

The basis for their planned expulsion and suspension would be hinged on Adagunodo’s resort to court process against the party and anti-party activities, said credible sources in the PDP. 

Some of the PDP chieftains on the expulsion list, according to sources, include the 2018 governorship aspirant, Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi, Adagunodo and the Assistant Secretary of the party, Hon. Yemi Adepoju.

Others on the suspension list include the Senatorial Leader of the PDP in Osun East Senatorial District, Barr Wale Ojo, State Youth Leader of the party, Mr Seyi Bamidele, former Assistant Organising Secretary of the party, Mr Funmiso Babarinde and fomer Leader of the Ife Area Office Council, Modakeke, Hon Gbemi Olufiade who was Adeleke’s agent during the 2018 governorship primaries of the party.

According to sources at our disposal, the planned expulsion and suspension of the PDP stalwarts is to pave way for the smooth emergence of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the flag bearer of the party in the 2022 gubernatorial election. 

Adagunodo confirmed the plot to expel him from the party, saying that he was aware of the move by a group of people pursuing the expulsion plot against him and suspension of some party members alongside. 

The PDP chairman made the confirmation in a resolution of the State Working Committee and State Officers’ meeting on Monday.

The resolution jointly signed by Adagunodo and Adepoju and obtained by OSUN DEFENDER yesterday reads in part: “We are for the umpteenth time again appealing to those who are desperately fanning embers of discord and encouraging division to desist forthwith.

“We have been reliably informed that some groups of people are pursuing the agenda of suspending and expelling some members of the party, especially the State Chairman, Hon. Soji Adagunodo, even when they know what their planning runs contrary to court process, order and even the constitution of the party which doesn’t give them the authority and jurisdiction or power to do such. 

“They are warned to desist, because it is obvious that this will further greatly affect, decimate the fortunes of the party in 2022 and polarise the party the more. The National Chairman and NWC members of the party should be wary of these sets of people who are vehement in their clandestine moves and arrangements only to destabilise the party.”

Relocation Of Party Secretariat Raises Fresh Controversies 

The Secretariat of the PDP has been relocated to King’s Square, Opposite Biket Junction, No. 9, Ikirun Road Osogbo. 

The former PDP secretariat building was sold to Adeleke University. 

But the relocation of the secretariat has sparked controversies.

According to the resolution of the State Working Committee and State Officers’ meeting, the new secretariat was rented and secured during the tenure of Elder Sunday Atidade as Acting Chairman.

However, Atidade has denied securing any apartment for the party, saying that there was no need to secure a new apartment to be used as secretariat of the party during his acting chairmanship regime. 

Atidade, in a press release issued on Wednesday said: “My attention has been drawn to a statement purportedly issued by a dissident group within the party led by one Mr. Soji Adagunodo, insinuating my awareness of any transaction he and other traders in the party made to acquire another apartment as secretariat of our party during my time as chairman of the party.

“That, at no time, either personally or officially in my capacity as the state Chairman, did I get involved with anyone on any negotiation for property or apartment with a view to acquiring same for the purpose of housing the party secretariat activities. 

“As the Chairman of the party during the period in question, there was no cause for me and other faithful members of our party to burn calories and resources looking elsewhere for a new secretariat as we were and still are fully at peace with the present and only known and registered secretariat of the party in the state at the National Office of the party in Abuja.”

It was also resolved at the meeting that the duty of the Secretary of the party, Prince Bola Ajao be assigned to his assistant, Mr. Yemi Adepoju, because the latter had allegedly refused to obey lawful instruction and order.

The resolution reads further: “Due to the fact that the Secretary of the party, Prince Bola Ajao, has refused to obey a lawful instruction and order to send notices of meetings of the State Working Committee and State Executive Committee meetings, the assistant Secretary of the Party, Hon. Yemi Adepoju will henceforth be saddled with the responsibility of sending notices of meetings  to all members concerned and adequate information will be given to all members in respect of such meetings through him.”

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Adagunodo Sets Up Committee To Reconcile Osun PDP Members

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In a bid to reposition the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, the state chairman of the Party, Hon. Olasoji Adagunodo has set up an Ad-Hoc committee.

This was contained in a statement signed by the chairman and made available to pressmen in Osogbo, the state capital today.

Adagunodo, who was recently reinstated as the chairman of the Party by a High Court sitting in Ikirun said that the Party would be better off if its members are united in thoughts and actions.

The committee has Alhaji Suaib Oyedokun as its chairman and a national officer of the Party, Hon Paul Olakunle as its Secretary.

Other members of the PDP Board of Trustees including Sen (Dr) Olu Alabi; H.E., Erelu Olusola Obada, CON; Cheif Ebenezer Babatope and Prof Wale Ladipo.

In addition, the list also includes HE Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Sen Olasunkanmi Akinlabi; Prince Diran Odeyemi as well as all National and State Assembly members under the banner of the Party, zonal officers and host of other stakeholders of the Party.

The committee, according to the release, is expected to examine the state of the Party and identify gaps and weaknesses to be addressed.

Among others, the terms of reference before the committee include to: interface with the Party Leadership at the National Headquarters with a bid to forging a common front for the Party at all levels, consult with stakeholders, map out areas of synergy with a crisis management and resolution plans and come up with recommendations on how to reverse the declining solidarity and purpose driven activities within the Party and return the Party to the path of victory.

The committee is also tasked on bridge-building and reconciliation of leaders, stakeholders and members of the Party in preparation for a resounding victory in 2022 elections and to deliver close technical monitoring and plans on crisis prevention, through scenario simulation.

The delegation is expected to complete the given tasks in four weeks.

This is the full details of the released by Hon. Olasoji Adagunodo.

OSUN PDP AD-HOC APPRAISAL AND RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE.

SPECIAL LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE ON OSUN PDP. APPRAISAL AND RECONCILIATIONS.

BOT MEMBERS

(1) Alhaji Shuaib Oyedokun. – CHAIRMAN

(2) Sen (Dr) Olu Alabi

(3) HE Erelu Olusola Obada, CON

(4) Chief Ebenezer Babatope

(5) Prof Wale Oladipo

FORMER GOVERNOR & MINISTER

(1) H E Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola

(2) Sen Olasunkanmi Akinlabi

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS

(1) Sen Francis Ade Fadahunsi

(2) Hon Wole Oke

(3) Hon Bamidele Salam

(4) Hon Bimbo Ajilesoro

OSUN STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS

(1) Hon Babajide Kofoworola (Akogun)

(2) Hon Adewumi Adeyemi (Irekandu)

(3) Hon Akanfe Olaniran (Atidade)

NATIONAL OFFICERS

(1) Prince Diran Odeyemi

(2) Hon Paul Olakunle – SECRETARY

ZONAL OFFICERS

(1) Alhaji Kazeem Adio

(2) Mrs Ayo Awolowo

FORMER ZONAL CHAIRMAN

(1) Alhaji Taju Ladipo

FORMER STATE CHAIRMAN

(1) Alhaji Fatai Akinbade

(2) Alhaji Ganiyu Olaoluwa ( Asejere )

CHAIRMAN & SECRETARY ELDERS CAUCUS

(1) Chief Segun Odekunmi.

Terms of Reference

Theme .. Moving the Party forward.

Working closely with the Party leadership under the watch of Hon. Olasoji Adagunodo and in alliance with other stakeholders of the Party, the committee is expected to:

*A* . Examine the state of the Party and identify gaps and weaknesses to be addressed.

*B* . Interface with the Party Leadership at the National Headquarters with a bid to forging a common front for the Party at all levels.

*C* . Consult with stakeholders and map out areas of synergy with a crisis management and resolution plans.

*D* . Come up with recommendations on how to reverse the declining solidarity and purpose driven activities within the Party and return the Party to the path of victory

*E* . Bridge building and reconciliation of leaders, stakeholders and members of the Party in preparation for a resounding victory in 2022 elections and;

*F* . Deliver close technical monitoring and plans on crisis prevention, through scenario simulation.

*G* . The Committee will determine modes of operation and venue of their meetings.

*H* . The Committee has Four (4) weeks to complete their assignments.

Members are constituted from the following bodies.

1. BoT

2. Former Governor & Minister

3. NASS Members

4. OSHA Members

5. National officers

6. Zonal officers

7. Former Zonal Chairman

8. Former State Chairman.

9. Chairman & Secretary Elders Caucus.

Date of inauguration of the committee will be communicated soon.

Signed,

Hon. Olasoji Adagunodo,

State Chairman,

PDP, Osun State Chapter.

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Adagunodo Resumes As Osun PDP Chair

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The embattled Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party In the State of Osun, Hon Soji Adagunodo on Friday resumed work at the party’s Secretariat on Ikirun Road, Osogbo.

The secretariat went agog for Adagunodo as his supporters, mainly youths, chanted the slogan of the party in wild jubilation.

Adagunodo said he came back to make sure that the party is well positioned for a greater task of winning the 2022 governorship election in the state.

When asked if he would be ready to dialogue with other stakeholders who were against his leadership, Adagunodo said people should not mistake the bickering in the party as division but mere conflict of interest which is normal in every political setting which he promised will be resolved soonest.

Adagunodo said he has been consulting leaders of the party since Tuesday when he was reinstated on how to best and the modalities to adopt to move the party forward.

On the present status of the party Secretariat that was rumoured to have been bought by an educational institution.

He said,  “ab initio,_ the party has always been a tenant and no matter how long it stays in a rented apartment, the ownership of the premises will always determine whether the party will maintain its tenancy there or not. That decision to stay or leave depends on the decision of both parties.

He however stated that “consultation is ongoing earnestly on what to do about the tenancy since Educational institutions and Political Parties relationship in terms of operations would be considered and if we meet the new owners and we can come to terms the party will remain and if otherwise, they Party will definitely find an alternative accommodation immediately.”

Adagunodo therefore assured the public that all his State Working Committee and the State Executive members are together, explaining that there was never a time they quarreled.”

Asked what he would do if the executives disagree with his leadership, Adagunodo said there will be no need for that, assuring that all Executive members will comply with the order of the Court “because when he was told to step aside on 30th April, 2020, about 7 months ago he complied fully until all internal mechanism have been exhausted before he finally headed to court as stipulated by the party’s constitution which led to the order of the court that reinstated him.

He said they all played matured politics as stakeholders throughout the period of the imbroglio because their position restrained them from taking sides,” he retorted.

The embattled Chairman said PDP leaders and executive members are peace loving people which reflected in his total submission to all the orders from the national headquarters of the party.

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Court Restrains Sunday Bisi From Acting As Osun PDP Chair

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A High Court of the State of Osun sitting in Ikirun on Tuesday restrained Hon. Sunday Bisi from acting as the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state.

The presiding judge, Justice Jide Falola, granted all the seven ex-parte motion of the plaintiff, Soji Adagunodo in the interim till the next hearing date.

Adagunodo represented by his counsel, Edmond Biriomoni had dragged the Peoples Democratic Party, Hon Sunday Bisi, Hon Sunday Akanfe Atidade and Bola Ajao to court on the announcement of the 2nd respondent to lead the party in Osun in Acting capacity.

The court held that Adagunodo should resume duties as the party’s chairman in the state pending the final determination of the motion.

In a statement shortly after the court session, Adagunodo called on all members of the party in the state to come together and move the party forward if they truly have the interest of the party and the people of Osun at heart.

He said “throughout out the imbroglio, I lived by example, deliberately abiding by all the orders from our National Headquarters and at the same time exploring all internal mechanisms in resolving the crisis without rocking the boat.” I followed the rule of Law throughout the crisis period.

According to Adagunodo, “the order of the court today is symbolic and should be seen as the final opportunity for PDP, our great party, to unite and form a formidable opposition party come 2022.

Adagunodo also added “we need to grab that opportunity and work together for the progress of our great party and for the emancipation of our dear state.”

According to the court, hearing on the motions on notice will hold on Monday, 9th November, 2020.

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PDP Clears Adagunodo, To Be Reinstated As Osun Chair

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The National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared the suspended Chairman of the party in the state of Osun, Hon Soji Adagunodo of any wrongdoing.

Adagunodo is currently at the Wadata Plaza National Secretariat of the party in Abuja, waiting for his reinstatement letter and clearance to continue his role as the Chairman of the party in the state.

It would be recalled that Adagunodo was suspended on April 30 for alleged anti-party activities, malfeasance and gross misconduct.

Details later.

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BREAKING: PDP Clears Adagunodo, To Be Reinstated As Osun Chair

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The National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared the suspended Chairman of the party in the state of Osun, Hon Soji Adagunodo of any wrongdoing.

Adagunodo is currently at the Wadata Plaza National Secretariat of the party in Abuja, waiting for his reinstatement letter and clearance to continue his role as the Chairman of the party in the state.

It would be recalled that Adagunodo was suspended on April 30 for alleged anti-party activities, malfeasance and gross misconduct.

Details later.

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BREAKING: PDP Clears Adagunodo Of Wrongdoing

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The National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared the suspended Chairman of the party in the state of Osun, Hon Soji Adagunodo of any wrongdoing. Adagunodo is currently at the Wadata Plaza National Secretariat of the party in Abuja waiting for his reinstatement letter and clearance to continue his role as the Chairman…”

The National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared the suspended Chairman of the party in the state of Osun, Hon Soji Adagunodo of any wrongdoing.

Adagunodo is currently at the Wadata Plaza National Secretariat of the party in Abuja waiting for his reinstatement letter and clearance to continue his role as the Chairman of the party in the state.

It would be recalled that Adagunodo was suspended on April 30 for alleged anti-party activities, malfeasance and gross misconduct.

Details later.

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Group Calls For Reinstatement Of Adagunodo As Osun PDP Chair

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Members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the State of Osun have called for the reinstatement of the embattled Chairman of the party, Hon Adesoji Adagunodo.

The PDP members, under aegis of PDP Young Democrats, stated that the current crisis in the party bore semblance with the events that played out in 2014, which led to bitter and irreconcilable differences before, during and after 2018 governorship elections in the state.

According to the group, the inability of the party to resolve the ongoing crisis would leave the fate of the party hanging in the balance, urging its National Working Committee to settle the differences within the shortest possible period of time.

In a statement signed by the State Coordinator of the group, Hon. Raji Saheed and made available to OSUN DEFENDER yesterday, the group stressed that Adagunodo be reinstated and allowed to finish his tenure, adding that the party had not had it good in terms of having representation since they lost power to the APC.

The statement reads: “It is one year anniversary of all our elected legislative members both at National and State House of Assemblies and we are happy that with all the riggings and intimidation from the ruling party, Osun PDP, led by Hon Soji Adagunodo was able to produce four National assembly members and three State House of Assembly members.

“This was a departure from the woeful performances of the party in the preceding elections. If not for manipulation or technicalities, Osun would be a part of PDP states today. We, therefore, give kudos to the capable Chairman for providing the necessary leadership that produced these encouraging results.

“Against the current and while we are at war, unfortunately, with ourselves, the local government elections in Osun will take place in about three months time. It is clear that the election is a prelude to what lies ahead and our actions or inactions will count sooner or later.

“For us and other well-meaning members of Osun PDP, we so much believe in the leadership of Hon Soji Adagunodo. He has shown enough capacity and competence, for the teeming members to trust and queue behind him in the coming elections.

“We strongly support peaceful agitations for the reinstatement of the chairman and add our voices to the calls for timely management of the differences so that in peace and unity, we can concentrate on the coming elections.

“We don’t pray a bad history of crises in Osun which always have a spiral effect on the national body of the party repeat itself again. We call on the National Executive Council, The Zonal Leadership, BOT members and all concerned stakeholders to wade in and settle the differences in the interest of the teeming and loyal party members.”

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  • Oyinlola Under Pressure to Drop Adagunodo
  • Suspended Chairman May Head For Court On Monday
  • Deji Adeleke Causing Friction in PDP for His Brother’s Gov Ambition – Group

By Ismaeel Uthman

It is no longer a news that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State of Osun is almost in shambles, following the suspension of its Chairman, Hon Soji Adagunodo by the National Working Committee of the party.

Tongues have been wagging over Adagunodo’s suspension, as some notable members of the PDP accused the camp loyal to the Adeleke dynasty of plotting the chairman’s removal as precursor for having a soft landing for the governorship ambition of Senator AdemolaAdeleke.

While the Adagunodo camp has been making frantic efforts to upturn his suspension, the Adeleke group has also embarked on political gimmicks to ensure that the suspended Chairman does not return.

OSUN DEFENDER gathered that there are pressures on former governor of the state, Prince OlagunsoyeOyinlola to cease from supporting Adagunodo.

The medium learnt on Wednesday that the Adeleke camp, led by Alhaji Fatai Diekola, former Chairman of Ilesa-East Local Government, Mr.Ibukun Fadipe and former Chairman of Olorunda Local Government, AlhajiGani Olaoluwa has consistently been mounting pressure on Oyinlola to leave Adagunodo to his fate.

Some stalwarts of the PDP confided in the medium that the billionaire Dr.Deji Adeleke has also offered to support Oyinlola on his ambition to contest the PDP national chairmanship position.

But Oyinlola, according to credible sources, has consistently refused to backtrack in supporting Adagunodo; insisting that the suspended chairman should be allowed to complete his term.

The sources disclosed that the Adeleke group has been sending emissaries, comprising chieftains of the PDP to Adagunodo to dissuade him from going to court tocontest his suspension.

Findings by OSUN DEFENDER revealed that the Adeleke group was tactically delaying Adagunodo from challenging his suspension in court by sending the PDP leaders as emissary to plead with him.

The move, it was learnt, is to exhaust and forfeit the 21-day stipulated timeframe for Adagundo to file a suit in court on his suspension.

Adagunodo was suspended on April 30, 2020 and the 21-day timeframe is supposed to lapse on Wednesday, May 20.

A member of the Adagunodo camp hinted the medium yesterday that the suspended chairman might head for court on Monday; if something promising and assuring did not come out of the reconciliation efforts of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Oyinlola.

Adagunodo, it was learnt, wanted to clear himself on the allegation of malfeasance, maladministration and anti-party activities on which he was suspended.

“Even if he is not going to return as chairman, Adagunodo wants justice on his suspension and get his name cleared on the allegations levelled against him by some faceless members of the party. He already knows that the Adeleke camp is tactically delaying him from going to court”, said a member of the party.

.Deji Adeleke Causing Friction in Our Party for His Brother’s Governorship Ambition – Group

Meanwhile, a socio-political group within the PDP in the state, the Osun PDP Concerned Group, has slammed Dr. Deji Adeleke over the ongoing crisis in the party; fingering him as mastermind to the spate of crises.

Adeleke is an elder brother to the PDP’s gubernatorial candidate in the 2018 governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke.

The spokesperson of the group, Hon. Akanji Awoniyi, in a press statement made available to OSUN DEFENDER on Wednesday in Osogbo, accused the billionaire Adeleke of masterminding the removal of Adagunodo and the array of frictions within the party.

Awoniyi said posterity would not forgive the elder Adeleke for the role he allegedly played in the plot leading to the ongoing crisis in Osun PDP.

The statement reads in part: “Political watchers in Osun State are learning one or two lessons in the emerging crisis within Osun PDP and the games being played by Dr.Deji Adeleke and his array of fans.

“How they masterminded the suspension of the State Chairman of the party, Hon.Soji Adagunodo is already an open secret. As if that was not enough, he has started searching for a successor ahead of the verdict of the National Disciplinary Committee of the party.

“In far-away Dubai, he perfected the plans and fails to acknowledge the fact that God will not cease to be God and has His way no matter the wish and disposition of any mortal, either rich or poor.

“The happenings in our party are, to say the least, unfortunate. In his double standard and unholy game of chess, Dr. Adeleke attempted to conscript Professor Wale Ladipo into his avowed mission to remove the State Chairman by offering to bankroll his PDP National Chairman ambition, and cede deputy governor slot to his desired nominee come 2022 on condition that the former secretary pull his weight behind the removal of Adagunodo.

“Not satisfied with the position of the former National Secretary, the self-acclaimed PDP sympathizer also reached out to a former governor of the State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, pledging to support his national chairmanship. Which kind of sympathiser is that? We all know where his interest lies and cannot but wonder why he is determined to have his way by fire by crook.

“Wealth without humanity is bullshit. Total nonsense!

“Only God knows what Prince Olagunsoye and Prof Oladipo’s possible collision in respect to their bids for the position of National Chairman would cause again. Dr.Deji is playing games and setting everyone against each other to achieve his ultimate goal of dislodging the State Chairman for eventual control of the party structure in Osun State”.

PDP Youth Leader: Dr Adeleke Has Nothing to Do with Adagunodo’s Travail

However, in a swift reaction, the State Youth Leader of the PDP, Mr Seyi Bamidele has described the group as faceless and unknown to the party.

Bamidele said: “Why would Dr. Adeleke be causing friction in the party? When Senator AdemolaAdeleke was contesting in 2018 and the entire State Working Committee of the PDP was not in his support, he still won the party’s ticket. That is a clear evidence that even without the state party exco in its pocket, the Adeleke dynasty would still find its way.

“There is no organisation that would discover malpractice, maleficence, misappropriation and distrust on its leadership that would not act, and you cannot stop the organization from investigating such practices. It behooves the alleged person to subject himself to investigation.

Why would Dr Adeleke be causing friction in and controlling the party? I did not support Senator Adeleke’s governorship ambition in 2018 and here now, is he the one controlling me? Dr. Adeleke has nothing to do with the current happenings in the party. He has nothing to do with Adagunodo’s removal.”

“We Are Sorry For Osun PDP If Adagunodo Is Not Returned”

In another development, the PDP leadership in Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of the State of Osun has expressed fears that the party’s fortune would dwindle if Adagunodo’s suspension is not reversed.

The party leaders held that if the injustice meted on Adagunodo is not addressed soon, the PDP might not perform well in the 2022 governorship election.

The Chairman and Convener, Ijesaland PDP Elders Caucus, Chief Dele Faseru in an exclusive interview with OSUN DEFENDER on Tuesday said with the turn of events in the party, the leaders are worried about the chances of the party to reclaim power in the state with the onslaught on Adagunodo.

Faseru said: “If Adagundo is not returned, I will be sorry for the party because we all support him. We admire his ability and his leadership. If people are ignorant and push him aside, it would be a very sorry case for the party, especially during the election.

“There must be reconciliation before the election, if there is no reconciliation, it will not be good at the end of the day. We need to reconcile ourselves and speak with one voice.”

Faseru berated the suspension of the PDP chairman, stressing that it is sad that a loyal and committed party man is maltreated the way Adagunodo was treated.

The PDP leader said: “We are not protesting Adagunodo’s suspension because he is from our side, but because it is a clear injustice and an undeserved onslaught on loyal party members.

On insinuations that the Adeleke family is behind the travails of the suspended chairman, Faseru noted that any division would deepen the ongoing crisis and affect the chances of the party in the next political dispensation.

He said PDP leaders in Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency are solidly behind Adagunodo with a call on the National Working Committee to reverse its decision.

Faseru stated that the PDP leaders in Ijesaland are against the inauguration of Hon. AkanfeAtidade as the Acting Chairman of the party in the state.

“I do not support the inauguration of Atidade as the Acting Chairman of the PDP. I cannot support it. I don’t see what Soji Adagunodo did wrong to warrant his removal. I would not support any other person. We should allow Adagunodo to finish his tenure. We should concentrate and work towards 2022, he said.”

He added: “Right now, we should not because of 2022 election be fighting one another in our party. Adeleke and Ogunbiyi were candidates the other time and there are lots of people who might even want to become governor in the party.

“We should forget the question of whether Adeleke or Ogunbiyi will be the Governor now and work for the progress of the party. There might even be a better candidate. We still have two years ahead.”

At the end of an emergency stakeholders meeting on Tuesday, the PDP leaders in Ijesa Zone unanimously called for peace in the party.

In a communiqué at the end of the meeting issued on behalf of the Chairman, Elders Committee, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, the stakeholders called on the NWC to reverse the step-aside order on Adagunodo and reconcile all warring factions.

Faseru, who signed the communiqué noted that after due consultations with the leaders of the party in the zone and at the state level, there is need for the national leadership to set machineries in motion for the resolution of the internal wrangling in the Osun Chapter of the party .

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Adagunodo Should Be Returned As Party Chairman – Ijesa PDP Elders

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The Ijesa Peoples Democratic Party Elders’ Caucus has urged National Working Committee of the party to set aside its decision compelling Hon Soji Adagunodo to step aside as the Chairman of the party in Osun.

The PDP Elders’ Caucus in a communique signed by High Chief Dele Faseru, Deputy Chairman and Convener, Ijesaland PDP Elders’ Caucus after an emergency meeting held on the order of the leader and Chairman, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, on Tuesday stated cogent reasons why Adagunodo should remain the party Chairman till the end of his tenure.

In the meeting well attended by party leaders in Atakunmosa West, Atakunmosa East, Ilesa West, Ilesa East, Obokun and Oriade Local Government areas, the party pleaded with the National Working Committee (NWC) and the highest decision taking bodies of their party to kindly resolve this issue amicably by setting aside the step aside order on Adagunodo as the Chairman, PDP Osun State Chapter, to enable him complete the rest of his term.

They however promised their unalloyed support for the party leadership for the maintenance and sustenance of the unity, stability and renewed electoral successes of our Party in Osun State and in the rest of the country as a whole.

The Ijesalans PDP Elders’ caucus enjoined National Leadership, particularly the NWC to as a matter of urgency to set machinery in motion to wade in into some undercurrent internal crisis within the party in Osun State for the Party to improve on our past successes , saying it will go a long way to put us as a Party in a good stead for electoral successes ahead of the 2022 and 2023 elections.

“The meeting deliberated extensively on the issues raised in the letter of step aside alleging ‘malefeasance, maladministration and anti-party activities’ and we found out that all the allegations were indeed spurious.

“But that is not the core concern of the Ijesa PDP Elders’ Caucus at the moment. Our interest is the sustainance of the unity of purpose, stability and ultimate electioneering success of the party in the State, especially that we are mindful of the fact that in no time, another rounds of elections are around the corner.

“The PDP Elders in Ijesaland and across the State are fully aware of the general pulse of the polity that are positively on the side of our party. Hence, the current toxic situation requires careful management so we will not fall foul political profligacy and tactlessness.

“It is also on record that Hon. Soji Adagunodo has served the party diligently since assumption of office since 25th of March, 2018 with strings of electoral successes.

“In 2017, our party defeated the then sitting Governor and a fellow Ijesa compatriot at the Osun West Senatorial Bye election of July 8th, 2017 which produced Senator Ademola Adeleke. The results of the 2018 Gubernatorial election under his watch is in the public domain as testimonial of remarkable efforts which were thwarted by the judicial technicalities of the Appellate and Supreme courts.

“It is also important to let you know that the leadership of our party under Hon. Olasoji Adagunodo took our party from a deficit electoral defeat of over 100,000 votes when PDP was in power at the centre with all the machineries of government to a winning political party against the incumbent APC government with over 300+ votes before that inglorious declaration of inconclusiveness during the governorship polls of September 22nd, 2018, the rest is history.

“Subsequently, during the 2019 General Elections, the Senatorial Candidate of the PDP (Senator Adenigba Fadahunsi) was returned victorious. The Federal House of Representatives from his home Federal constituency, Hon. Oluwole Oke was also returned. To cap it all, one of the three PDP House of Assembly members in the State is from Obokun State Constituency. Hon. Soji Adagunodo hails from all these three political strongholds.”

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South-West, Osun PDP In Disarray Over Adagunodo’s Suspension

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•Makinde, Oyinlola, Oke, Alabi Rally Support for Suspended Chair

By Ismaeel Uthman

The suspension of Hon Soji Adagunodo as

​the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic

​Party (PDP) in the State of Osun has set the party leadership in the South-West and the state against each other.

OSUN DEFENDER gathered on Wednesday that Adagunodo’s suspension was generating ripples in the South-West zonal caucus of the PDP, as large number of the party leadership condemned and rejected the step taken by the National Working Committee.

According to sources from the PDP fold in Ibadan, Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde and a Board of Trustees (BoT) member, Senator Olu Alabi, have registered their displeasure on Adagunodo’s suspension, describing it as ill-advised.

While Makinde has not made a statement on the matter, Alabia chieftain of the party in Osun, accused the zonal executive of the PDP of being the brain behind Adagunodo’s travail, saying that the embattled chairman had no question to answer, not to talk of punishment.

Alabi made the statement just as, the zonal leadership through a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Ayo Fadaka, said there were “lots of inadequacies” in the statement credited to Senator Alabi on the matter on the predicament of Adagunodo.

It warned that in as much as Senator Alabi, a BoT member had his fundamental rights to vent his opinions at anytime, such rights should be exercised without infringing on the rights of others.

“Conclusively, we also declare that the Zonal Executive has no hand in the current travails of Soji Adagunodo as it is only the national executive that has the constitutional rights to initiate and conclude disciplinary actions on anyone of his status in the party. We, therefore, call for patience and restraints on this score,” it stated.

OSUN DEFENDER learnt Adagunodo’s suspension might have also been instigated by some zonal leaders of the party who are supporting the Adeleke political dynasty.

It was gathered that the last straw that broke Adagunodo’scamel’s back was when he declared during a South-West PDP meeting held recently at Makinde’s residence in Ibadan that Osun was no more interested in retaining the Zonal Secretary position and agreed the position be given to someone from Lagos State.

A staunch supporter of the Adeleke camp, Reverend BunmiJenyo is the current PDP Zonal Secretary.

Adagunodo had been having a running battle with the Adelekecamp of the party.

The Adeleke camp believed that Adagunodo wanted Jenyo’souster from the party’s hierarchy because of where he belongs, and in return, launched the recent attack through petition to the PDP National Working Committee to remove the chairman.

The aftermath of the petition was the suspension of Adagunodo.

It would be recalled that the Adeleke camp had some months ago alleged Adagunodo of corruption, maladministration and anti-party activities; a move that compelled the PDP National Secretariat to set up a fact-finding committee to investigate the various allegations levelled against him.

When the committee, which comprised Senator Isah Misau, Senator Chris Anyanwu former Minister of Environment, Mrs. Lawrencia Laraba-Mallam investigated the whole allegations, they concluded in their report that Adagunodo was actually innocent of all allegations he was accused of.

However, OSUN DEFENDER gathered that some members of the National Executive Council of the PDP have waded into the matter, chiding the NWC for not carrying them along in the decision to suspend Adagunodo.

It was gathered that the NEC members have directed Makindeand former governor of Osun, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola to see into how Adagunodo’s suspension could be settled without resorting to court.

The medium learnt that the suspended Osun PDP chairman had concluded plan to file a suit in court to challenge his suspension before he was advised by Oyinlola to drop the plan.

Findings revealed that the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT) in the State of Osun are solidly behind Adunagodo.

Reacting to Adagunodo’s suspension, Hon Oluwole Oke who is representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun in the House of Representatives, cautioned against any action or inaction capable of rocking the subsisting peaceful co-existence in the PDP.

Oke in a statement he personally signed and made available to OSUN DEFENDER on Wednesday said that nothing positive could be reaped from needless creation of confusion and acrimony within the party.

He said: “It is important for whoever that God puts in the position of authority to think about any likely negative effects of their actions on the numerous members of their party, well-wishers and supporters of their political leaning, who are hoping for the best from their end.

“The ongoing crack in the leadership of the PDP in the state portends a bad omen for the party in the nearest future, mostly on the aspirations of members of the party in the state at all levels from the position of a local government councillor to that of governorship.”

Former chairman of Ede-South Local Government, Elder Sunday Akanfe who was deputising Adagunodo has been appointed the Acting Chairman by the state National Working Committee of the party.

Announcing the appointment of Akanfe, after a meeting on Monday, the NWC said: “For the sake of emphasis, the SWC welcomes the choice of Elder Sunday Akanfe as most reasonable, having been elected alongside other members of the State Working Committee two years ago as the State Deputy Chairman.

“In the circumstances, we found ourselves; the State Deputy Chairman becomes the most constitutionally elected party official to act in place of the chairman, Hon Olasoji Adagunodo, who was asked to step aside from office by the NWC in lieu of the ongoing investigative procedures against him by statutory authorities of the party at the national level.”

The SWC maintained that contrary to insinuations and misinformation in some quarters, the emergence of Akanfe as acting chairman of the party in the state was the only thing that could have happened as natural law of succession in any democratic setting devoid of ugly manipulative infractions.

PDP leaders in Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency have rejected the suspension of Adagunodo, saying there was no iota of truth in the allegations against him and no justification for his suspension other than mere hatred act of ingratitude to him.

The leaders in a communique at the end of a meeting of PDP stakeholders in the federal constituency said: “We the PDP leaders, local government executives, Ward executives, all elected officials, the senator, House of Representatives and State House of Assembly members who were duly elected on the platform of our great party and are represented by their statutory aides in the two local governments of the entire Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency met to review the letter of suspension and thereafter unanimously reject the unholy and clandestine suspension of Hon. Soji Adagunodo as Osun PDP Chairman by the National Working Committee of the party.”

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Osun PDP Crisis: Akanfe Inaugurated As Acting Chair

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The new Acting Chairman for the Peoples Democratic Party, State of Osun chapter, Mr Sunday Akanfe, was on Thursday inaugurated in Akure, the Ondo State capital.

Akanfe,  who was the former deputy chairman of the party in the state, was appointed to lead the party in acting capacity after the party’s NWC suspended the embattled, Soji Adagunodo for alleged anti-party activities last week.

According to reports, Akanfe’s inauguration was held at the office of the National Vice Chairman (South West) of the party with some members of the Osun State Working Committee of the party in attendance.

Speaking after the inauguration, the Acting Chairman of the PDP in the State of Osun, disclosed he would ensure peace returns to the party, saying he had no grudge with the suspended chairman.

He said “We don’t have any grudge with Soji Adagunodo . We will resolve all our differences when we get home.

“I want to assure you that the PDP under my leadership will swing into action to close ranks within the party and move the party to a greater height.”

“The state working committee, in the last couple of days has started reaching out to the aggrieved members of the party and to the glory of God, the move has started yielding positive results.”

The National Vice Chairman of the party (South), Mr Eddy Olafeso, in his remarks, said the party members should work in unity in order to take back the state from the ruling All Progressives Congress.

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NWC Suspends Adagunodo As Osun PDP Chair

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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP has asked the Osun State Chairman of the Party, Hon Soji Adagunodo to step aside.

In a letter addressed to him by Senator Usman Tsauri, the National Secretary of the Party, Adagunodo should quit being the chairman of the Party in Osun pending when full investigations will be concluded into allegations of maladministration, anti-party activities and malfeasance levelled against him.

Tsauri said the decision was imperative as the report of the National Disciplinary Committee of the Party found him culpable of the allegations and complaints against him.

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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP has asked the Osun State Chairman of the Party, Hon Soji Adagunodo to step aside.

In a letter addressed to him by Senator Usman Tsauri, the National Secretary of the Party, Adagunodo should quit being the chairman of the Party in Osun pending when full investigations will be concluded into allegations of maladministration, anti-party activities and malfeasance levelled against him.

Tsauri said the decision was imperative as the report of the National Disciplinary Committee of the Party found him culpable of the allegations and complaints against him.

Details later.

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