ABIODUN NEJO
Some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders in Ekiti State have shut down the state secretariat of the party located along Ajilosun Street, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
The concerned leaders, led by former PDP State Secretary, Dr Tope Aluko, hinged their action on allegation that some PDP State Working Committee (SWC) carried out nefarious activities by withdrawing million of naira belonging to the party in the bank.
They said the lock up operation was targeted at saving the party from going into extinction and to prepare the party ahead of 2019 general elections.
Following the leaders’ action, police have taken over the secretariat pending further directives from the party leadership including former Governor Ayodele Fayose and Senators Biodun Olujimi, Duro Faseyi and Clement Awoyelu.
Aluko told journalists: “We already have some aggrieved members of the party following the alleged imposition in the last governorship primaries of the party and we are worried as we are concerned stakeholders
“We are here today to lock up the party secretariat because of some nefarious and fraudulent activities among our members. After the exit of our leader, Dr Ayodele Fayose, we found out that the National Working Committee (NWC) has not been responsible to the issues on ground.
“We are carrying out this action today after consultation with some leaders of the party and they gave us the mandate to go ahead until further directives of the party leadership” Aluko stated.
But the PDP spokesman in the state, Jackson Adebayo, queried Aluko’s action, saying “what concerns Tope Aluko in the running of affairs of our party?
“As far as I’m concerned, Tope Aluko is an expelled member of our party and he does not have moral standing and he is not qualified to query, question, or throw a challenge on how we run our party in Ekiti,” Adebayo stated.