The factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Ekiti State , Barr. Gboyega Oguntuase, has vowed that committed members of the party will resist attempt by Ali Modu Sheriff and other ”co-conspirators” to hijack the party via legal technicality.
Oguntuase said Sheriff belongs to a minority group with no national spread in the PDP to win any election, describing the Ahmed Makarfi ‘sgroup as the true face of the party with national outlook that can withstand and even surpass the All Progressives Congress(APC).
The PDP boss added that it will be foolhardy for the APC to startrejoicing over the factional crisis dogging the party in Ekiti and athe national levels, saying the opposition party has nothing to campaign in 2018 , with records of huge debt burden allegedly leftbehind by ex-Governor, Kayode Fayemi .
Aside from the factional crisis at the national level, the party hasalso been polarized in Ekiti with the verdict of the Federal HighCourt sitting in Ado Ekiti, validating the election of Mr Williams Ajayi as the authentic PDP Chairman in the State.
Speaking in Ado Ekiti on Monday, Oguntuase described the current bedlam in the party as a passing phase that would eventually rejuvenate the PDP’s strength and make it more formidable for future polls.
“Though, the matter is pending before the Supreme Court of the land but one thing we are assuring Nigerians is that, we won’t allow minority being led by Sheriff and Senator Buruji Kashamu to lord itself over the majority controlled by Makarfi.
“The majority is with Makarfi . The who –is-who in the party like all the serving governors, ex-Ministers, members of the Board of Trustees and other people of means are under this umbrella.
“I want to align with what the Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Mr Ayodele Fayose said about Sheriff that he is just a general without army. All the real lovers of the PDP like us are praying to God to give us a way out, so that fifth columnists like Sheriff and his ilk won’t ruin our party”, Oguntuase said.
On the 2018 governorship poll, Oguntuase said any group opposed to the one being controlled by Governor Fayose will wither before theelection.
“The APC will be disappointed in 2018. How can they think that they can use those who can’t win election in their wards to divide Ekiti PDP. It will be a sign of foolishness for APC to be rejoicing overthis crisis which I see as ephemeral thing.
“Governor Fayose is a man of the people and God’s chosen. No matter the legal encumbrance, those who have weights, capabilities andrelevance to win elections are under Makarfi. The APC under Fayemi left huge indebtedness , so they have nothing to campaign with in Ekiti.
“Look at the slumped value of naira to a dollar , look at the jacking up of pump price to N145 per litre, failure to give N5,000 to indigent Nigerians as they promised, electricity supply has drooped , in fact, the party had failed generally.
“Ekiti people will vote based on present and past records of parties in 2018. The immediate past Governor, Kayode Fayemi nearly ruined thestate’s economy and the present APC’s performances at the nationallevel will work against it”.
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