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| Adegbola Dominic |
Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain Dr. Adegbola Dominic has said that he is the authentic chairman of the party.
Addressing
elders/leaders meeting at the party secretariat, Ikeja, recently, he said the
party was at peace, noting that the threat by Segun Adewale was not an issue.
The statement
reads: “I use this opportunity to formally express my appreciation to you,
great members of our great party for your steadfastness, and unflinching
support, commitment and loyalty to the great cause of the People’s Democratic
Party before, during and after the eleI commend your resilience and gallant
disposition in the face of the massive manipulations and intimidation that was
the order throughout the elections. Nevertheless, we wait patiently and with
high expectations that justice will prevail at the various election tribunals,
especially the Presidential Elections Tribunal, and our mandate that was given by
the people of Nigeria to Atiku Abubakar will be restored to us.
“We have learned
some very good lessons from the events of the elections which should leverage
the re-organisation of our party and determinedly instill in our members (both
leaders and followers), an attitude of discipline, loyalty and commitment to
the ideals of this great party.
“In this regard, various leadership fora, including the State CWC, have met
severally, and all are agreed that the following actions are necessary for the
repositioning and progress of our party-
Collapsing all
groups and factions into one unified PDP structure. Institutionalizing
Internal Democracy by letting the people, and only the people, choose their
party officers and other leaders at all levels. Therefore, the practice of
allotting or allocating party and other offices to individual leaders or groups
or factions shall be abolished completely. Whoever wants to hold office should
seek such by himself or herself from the members at all levels, beginning from the
Ward.
“It is unrealistic and unwise for our party to
be administered on the basis of 20 Local Government areas in Lagos state, while
the APC and other parties are operating 57 LGA party structures.
In Lagos State,
there are 57 functional Local Governments (which are also referred to as ‘20
LGAs and 37 LCDAs) for the purpose of conformity with the Federal Constitution.
These 57 LGAs are legal entities duly recognized by the Laws of Lagos State.
Therefore administering our own party on the basis of 20 LGAs will continue to
put us at electoral disadvantage to other parties.
“The State CWC
has therefore resolved and recommended the restructuring of our party
administration to conform with the 57 LGA structure. A Special Committee has
been put in place to work out the modalities for implementation of these
reforms.
“I wish to state
clearly here that there is no crisis within the Lagos PDP. Recently, a
character called Segun Adewale aka Aeroland has been issuing public statements
announcing himself as the chairman of our party in Lagos State, claiming that
he has sacked me and my Executive Committee and has taken over our Secretariat.
“That, of course, is not true, as you can see for yourselves.
It is true that
Mr. Segun Adewale led a gang of hoodlums, brandishing guns and other dangerous
weapons, to invade this secretariat.
For two
consecutive days, they terrorized and harassed our staff and visitors at
the secretariat, dispossessing them of their valuables. We informed the Police
who moved in swiftly and arrested some of the thugs. Segun Adewale on his part,
was said to have disappeared from the scene. He later surfaced at the Police
station where he was seen with the other thugs.
“They were
eventually released on bail, and instructed to report back at the Police
station on Friday 5th April. I have reliable information that they did not
report back as required. They are therefore now certainly being wanted by the
Police. Let me assure you that a new era has begun in the PDP. There shall be
zero tolerance for any acts of criminality, indiscipline or thuggery from any
quarters whatsoever.
“In the case of
Segun Adewale, he is NOT a member of our party; and this has been repeatedly
stated by the party leadership, including myself as the Lagos State Chairman,
Dr. Eddy Olafeso, National Vice Chairman, Elder Yemi Akinwonmi, the Deputy
National Chairman, and our foremost leader in Lagos State, Chief Olabode
George.
“Even PDP members
in his Alimoso community have written several letters disowning him to the
Police and State and National leadership of the party. One of such letters,
signed by over 750 members, is available for your perusal. Therefore, because
he is not a member of our party, the issue of disciplinary action against him
would not arise.
“We can only hand
him over to the Police, which we have done; and we are quite confident that the
Police is in control of the situation.”
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