New PDP to receive five more Governors Post Read 2019 times •Hails Jonathan over recall of Oyinlola By Rotimi Akinwumi (Abuja) Oladele Ogunsola (Ibadan) Abubakar Kawu Baraje faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the composition of a six-man committee to coordinate the process of receiving five Governors from the Bamanga Tukur-led faction of the party. The affected Governors have reportedly shown interest in joining the Baraje faction otherwise known as New PDP. National Publicity Secretary of the New PDP, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. Eze also announced that the faction has mandated its National Organising Secretary, Nasir Isa Abubakar, to replace Olagunsoye Oyinlola, the National Secretary, in acting capacity pending further directives from the G-7 Governors and the New PDP Caucus. The Baraje-led group also expressed gratitude to President Goodluck Jonathan for directing PDP leaders to allow Oyinlola return to his office as National Secretary as ordered by the Court of Appeal last week. Oyinlola had been ordered to be restored by the court last Wednesday as the substantive National Secretary of the PDP. The New PDP said he will be going down to Wadata Plaza National Secretariat of the PDP today to resume duty today. The PDP has, however, headed for the Supreme Court to challenge the Appeal Court ruling in favour of Oyinlola. Eze disclosed further that the New PDP’s decisions were taken at its monthly meeting in Abuja on Saturday to review developments and chart the way forward for the party. “The meeting presided over by our National Chairman, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, set up a six-man Reception Organising Committee to set in motion the reception in honour of the five new Governors of the PDP who have decided to join our faction of the party. “The Committee is headed by Hon. Dr. Sam Jaja, the National Vice Chairman of nPDP, with Hon. Nasir Isa Abubakar, the National Organising Secretary, as the Secretary of the Committee. “Other members of the Committee include Engr. Abubakar G. Umar, the National Treasurer; Hon. Binta Masi Garba, the Women Leader; Mr. Timi Frank, the Youth Leader; and Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, the National Public Secretary. “The Committee was directed to submit for immediate consideration by the G7 Governors the venue, logistics and modalities for receiving the five Governors, ex- Governors, nationalists and key members of the National Assembly who have indicated interest to join us,” the statement added. It expressed joy over the Appeal Court judgement which reinstated Oyinlola to office of the PDP National Secretary and warned Tukur and his loyalists never to attempt stopping him (Oyinlola) from resuming duty. The Baraje group insisted that Oyinlola does not need to be sworn in again before he can resume his duty as he had once taken an oath which, the group said, is still subsisting before the law. “The NWC (of new PDP) received with utmost happiness the ruling of the Appeal Court returning His Excellency, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, back to his seat as the National Secretary of PDP. “It pleaded with him to ensure that the impunity in PDP becomes something of the past as we await other court rulings that will restore the Baraje-led NWC as the authentic NWC of the party to enable us join him in rebuilding the party. “The party after considering the expert opinion of the Legal Adviser, Barr. Eric Opia, decided that Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola does not need any other oath of office to return to work as PDP National Secretary as he subscribed to PDP’s oath of office alongside other members of the NWC that were sworn-in at the Eagle Square on March 24, 2012. “According to the legal expert, the import of the verdict by the appellate court, which did not attach any condition to its ruling, is that Oyinlola is the validly elected PDP National Secretary. “That has also been the position of INEC which monitored the National Convention of PDP held on March 24, 2012. “As things stand, Oyinlola remains the National Secretary of PDP and only the Supreme Court can reverse that decision. “The nPDP NWC is therefore of the view that Prince Oyinlola should resume office immediately without waiting for any directive from any quarters. “Any other person who parades himself as the National Secretary of PDP should be committed to prison for contempt of court. “The NWC commended and congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan by once again improving on his democratic credentials by directing for the immediate reinstatement of Prince Oyinlola as the duly elected National Secretary of PDP not minding the plots by some non-democrats within the system who want to portray our party in bad light by embarking upon an exercise in futility by trying to lure the South-West PDP to write a petition against Prince Oyinlola and use it to invite him to the Alh Dikko’s Disciplinary Committee and after suspend him. “To us this plot, apart from being childish, exposes Tukur and his cohorts as true enemies of PDP and the force behind the continuous crisis in the party which they don’t want its end because of their myopic and selfish goals,” Eze added. Meanwhile, a chieftain of the Tukur-led PDP in Oyo State, Dejo Raimi, has observed that Oyinlola had since August ceased being a member of the ruling party. Raimi, former Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), who spoke at an interview with Daily Independent at the weekend said the embattled Oyinlola had bungled his chance in the party with his membership of the New PDP. BY:- Dandalin magatakarda
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:17:12 +0000
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