New things are beginning to happen in the Ogun State chapter of the
Peoples Democratic Party despite the crisis that bedevilled the party in
recent times.
What is presently playing out in the state chapter
of the party, according to events watchers, would further increase their
fortune in the state ahead of the 2019 elections.
Reliable
sources revealed to us that the faction of a former Speaker of the House
of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, has merged forces with that of Ladi
Adebutu, a son of pools and betting magnate, Chief Kessinghton Adebutu,
who we learnt has governorship ambition on the platform of the PDP in
the state in 2019.
With the merger, the formidable team is now set
to slug it out with the faction of Senator Kashamu Buruji, who is said
to have formed a parallel exco of the party in the state.
Prior to the merger, the three groups had held their congresses on May 11, 2016 at different venues.
While
that of Bankole reportedly held its congress at the Ake Palace Ground,
Abeokuta, Adebutu’s group was said to have held its at the Olusegun
Obasanjo Presidential Library, also in Abeokuta.
Kashamu’s group
was said to have held its congress at the PDP secretariat at Kobape
Road, opposite NNPC Mega Station, Kuto, Abeokuta.
Sources disclosed that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo is supporting
Ladi Adebutu’s group and that OOPL was given out to the group for their
congress free of charge.
The deal between the faction of Bankole
and Adebutu was allegedly sealed during the zonal congress of the PDP,
which held in Akure, Ondo State on May 14, 2016.
A source said:
“Dimeji Bankole decided to work with the faction of Ladi Adebutu to
tackle Kashamu Buruji’s faction in the state ahead of the 2019 election.
He then insisted that his group must be given one of the key zonal
positions of the party zoned to Ogun State.
“He was eventually
given the post of the Organising Secretary, which went to a former
Majority Leader of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Fasiu Bakenne,
while the group of Ladi Adebutu got the position of ex-officio, which
was given to a former chairman of Ado-Odo Ota Local Government, Abayomi
Tella, and that of the Woman Leader.”
What is playing out in the
Ogun State chapter of the PDP, a source said, is a pointer to the fact
that the formidable teams of Bankole and Adebutu are set to take over
the mantle of leadership of the state in 2019.
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