Ekiti councillor, ward excos suspended allegedly over loyalty to Adeyeye
Party, PDP, over the governorship ticket has deepened with the
suspension of some party chieftains believed to be loyal to former
Minister of State for Works, Prince Dayo Adeyeye.
An elected councillor for Ido/Osi Ward, Abiodun Daramola and the PDP
Chairman in the Ward, Sunday Ojo and seven ward women leaders from
Ado-Ekiti were suspended allegedly on the orders of Fayose.
The latest action is causing tension in the party and is believed to
be against the spirit and letter of the David Mark Reconciliation
Panel on Ekiti PDP crisis.
The suspended councillor, Daramola, in a telephone chat with DAILY
POST on Monday, disclosed that some policemen stormed the council
secretariat from Ido Police Station with handcuffs to effect his
arrest.
He claimed that the policemen said that they were acting under
instruction from Fayose not to allow him to sit in plenary at the
council legislature with his colleagues.
The councillor disclosed that he was saved from arrest because of the
personal relationship he has with the policemen. He added that his
fellow councillors told him that he was punished for being an "Adeyeye
boy".
But the Prince Adedayo Adeyeye Movement (PAAM) has declared the
suspension of the elected councillor and ward party excos as "illegal,
unconstitutional, null and void."
PAAM Director of Media and Publicity, Niyi Ojo, in a statement issued
on Monday, described the suspension as "a huge joke by a shameless
jester", noting that the processes for suspension are clearly spelt
out in the PDP constitution.
The statement reads: "One is embarrassed that a Governor of a State
did not know the rudimentary provisions of Nigerian Constitution and
the PDP constitution in respect of elected officials.
"He unilaterally selected chairmanship of the councils and councillors
through YES and NO balloting system and he has gone ahead to render
them a robot that should no have a mind of their own.
"He believes in gangsterism, thuggery, intimidation and coercion as a
tool in politics of Ekiti as if he is the Emperor of a conquered
territory. This is a governor that has rendered every party man poor
by denying them of adequate party patronage and now forcing them to do
his bidding.
"We are members of Peoples Demoratic Party (PDP) and not Ayo Fayose
Democratic Party. All other loyal party men and women should not
bow.to this act of cowardice from the governor.
"We knew all along that a leopard cannot change its spot. We knew that
the tyrant will never abide with the resolutions of Senator David Mark
Reconciliation Panel and we shall not chicken out from the battle to
save the soul of PDP from Fayose."
The state PDP Chairman, Mr. Gboyega Oguntuase, stated that although
the decision to suspend the officials was yet to be communicated to
him,
the matter would be looked into dispassionately.
Oguntuase said: "Whatever decision taken has not been communicated
officially to the party but we reserve the right to look into it.
"We don't want our people to be reading meaning into it but such
matters will be looked into dispassionately and nobody will be
punished for offence not committed
"But in a political party, you are not expected to lead an unregulated life."
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