Lagos PDP exco dismisses purported state congress

The Lagos State PDP Executive Council has dissociated itself from a purported party’s State Congress, allegedly conducted connected Saturday by a radical of elders successful the state.

The State PDP Chairman, Mr Philip Aivoji, successful institution of immoderate authorities executives, expressed the stance astatine a quality league connected Saturday successful Lagos.

Aivoji described the purported legislature allegedly supervised by a radical loyal to erstwhile PDP Deputy National Chairman, Chief Olabode George, arsenic a charade, invalid, amerciable and unconstitutional.

According to Aivoji, the tenure of the contiguous State Executive Council is inactive connected and volition expire successful March 2026.

The president said: “For today’s authorities congress, it’s unconstitutional, amerciable and a wasted effort that cannot basal the trial of time.

“Section 25 sub – conception 1 of our enactment constitution connected State Party Congress unambiguously states that determination shall beryllium a State Party Congress, which shall dwell of (a) the State Chairman, who shall beryllium the Chairman, arsenic good arsenic immoderate different members, but I arsenic the State Chairman of the enactment is not the president of the authorities legislature being conducted by a radical of the party.

“I, therefore, accidental that jettisoning this facet of the enactment constitution renders the legislature invalid, amerciable and unconstitutional.

“The authorities exco members, hereby, disassociate ourselves from today’s amerciable authorities congress, which was hurriedly enactment successful spot to fulfill the whims and caprices of a fewer leaders of the enactment astatine the disbursal of the teeming enactment members.”

He said group’s enactment would further to further polarise the party,

The PDP chieftain added that immoderate loyal enactment members had vowed to permission the enactment “if this illegality is allowed to stay.”

“It is unfortunate that interior ideology that immoderate of america are trying to physique person been jettisoned for immoderate parochial interests,” helium added.

Aivoji said erstwhile the state” was erroneously listed among those holding legislature today”, wrote to pass the National Executive Council (NEC) and the National Working Committee (NWC) astir the anomaly.

“We were duly informed that the National Working Committee had excluded Lagos State from the database of states wherever the legislature would beryllium held today, but we are amazed to spot this happening,” helium said.

He recalled that the authorities PDP exco besides requested for a ceremonial connection that the authorities legislature would not beryllium conducted successful the authorities until the expiration of the tenure of the existent authorities executive.

He said nary feedback had been received from the nationalist secretariat connected the request.

“The National Organising Secretary (NOS) promised to bash via a missive , but to our dismay, till the behaviour of the precocious held Ward and LGA congresses, the NOS ne'er sent the missive to the State Exco,” helium added.

According to him, anterior to the purported legislature , nary screening workout was carried connected the aspirants by the party.

He alleged that forms were handed implicit to a lawman nationalist secretary, who,according to him, refused to manus implicit aforesaid to the authorities exco

“We aboriginal discovered that the forms had been fixed retired to their cronies without screening by the due enactment organ, which is the State Exco.

“Our complaints connected this contented was ignored by the National Secretariat,” helium added.

He urged the PDP leaders to halt dividing the enactment successful the authorities with parallel congresses saying “this volition not augur good for the party, but further origin part and chaos.”

“We are for bid and harmony. Toeing lines of chaos volition negate what we basal for and we cannot beryllium portion of immoderate statement that volition origin chaos successful the party.

“The contiguous State Exco of the enactment successful the authorities vehemently condemns the behaviour ot today’s amerciable authorities legislature to elite caller officers erstwhile the tenure of the existent Exco has not expired.

“The behaviour is incorrect arsenic it was hastily enactment successful spot by those who are acrophobic of a escaped and just authorities congress

“None of the members of the existent State Exco is portion of this charade, wherever the enactment constitution was violated and owed process was not followed,” helium added.

Speaking, the PDP Vice Chairman (Lagos Central), Mr Hakeem Olalemi, urged enactment leaders to toed the way of bid and unity.

He said PDP should beryllium seen putting its location unneurotic to rescue Nigeria.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the league was atten...