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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ondo State chapter, has raised the alarm over an attempt to destabilise the party following claims that the State Executive Committee had been dissolved.
While describing the purported move as a ‘political coup’, the leadership of the party stated that the move is unconstitutional and misleading, emphasising that the state leadership remains intact and fully operational.
Addressing journalists at the party’s secretariat in Akure on Saturday, state chairman of the party, Dupe Aisida, said no formal communication had been received from the national body to warrant the purported dissolution of the executives of the party at the state level.
A statement making the rounds on social media in the state had indicated that a National Caretaker Working Committee had dissolved the duly elected state executive.
Aisida stressed that the state leadership emerged through duly conducted congresses monitored by relevant authorities, including the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the police, and the Department of State Services.
“Yesterday evening, a letter was circulating on the internet and social media reportedly written by someone claiming to be the National Publicity Secretary of the Caretaker Committee of our party, stating that the state executive committee of the PDP in Ondo State had been dissolved. Of course, it came as a surprise to us.
“The ward congress was conducted in all the 203 wards in Ondo State. INEC was there, the police sent their representatives, the DSS and other stakeholders were present, and they wrote their reports confirming that everything was done according to the guidelines,” he said.
Ondo PDP kicks against dissolution claim, vows to resist move
