The crisis rocking the Ekiti
State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) , on Thursday got messier,
as the former Minister of Works, Prince Dayo Adeyeye , resigned as
Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Ekiti State
University, Ado Ekiti.
When called on telephone, Adeyeye
confirmed his resignation but kept mum on why he took the drastic
action.
Some pundits were, however, of
the opinion that Adeyeye must have preempted the governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose
that he may sack him over the controversy surrounding the emergence of the
governor’s deputy, Prof Kolapo Olusola as the PDP sole governorship candidate
for the 2018 election.
Some pro-Fayose PDP stakeholders,
had on Wednesday adopted Olusola as the sole candidate at a meeting held at the
government house pavilion in the state capital.
When called to react to Adeyeye’s
action, Fayose’s Special Assistant on Public Communications, Mr. Lere Olayinka,
said only the university’s management can react to the development.
“When a pro-chancellor is
appointed, he becomes autonomous, because the university itself is autonomous ,
so we can’t comment on this”, Olayinka said.
Adeyeye decided to sever his
political ties with Fayose over the governor’s endorsement of his deputy as the
sole candidate for the impending poll.
The action had foreclosed the
aspirations of Adeyeye and other aspirants, including former deputy governor,
Sikiru Lawal, former Nigeria’s envoy to Canada, Chief Dare Bejide, former
Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Owoseeni Ajayi and Senator
representing Ekiti South at the Senate, Mrs Biodun Olujimi, for the plum job.
The trio of Adeyeye, Bejide and
Ajayi branded Fayose’s action as constitutional infraction, saying such alleged
illegal action can’t stand.
Adeyeye, in a statement by Ilori
Ojo of the Prince Adedayo Adeyeye Movement(PAAM), described Fayose’s action as
a breach of the PDP’s constitution and the provisions of the Electoral Act (as
amended).
“See Sections 50 (1), Section
50(2) and 50(2b) of the PDP constitution (2012) as amended.
“It is important to note that PDP
as a political party is bigger and larger than an individual no matter how
highly placed he or she may be as to override the rules and regulations of the
party which are sacrosanct in the election of any candidate for elective
position.
“I reject the purported adoption
of a sole candidate in its entirety as there are many other aspirants for the
governorship race in 2018”, he said.
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ReplyDeletePDP and Fayose has been campaigning, saying they have changed.. They now believe in internal democracy bla bla bla, but what is happening in ekiti now shows that nothing has changed.. Fayose now wants to be d god of the party, dictating who takes what etc.. shame on PDP...Shame on Fayose
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