Former Presidential spokesman, Dr
Reuben Abati, has been named as the running mate of the governorship candidate
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Leke Shittu, ahead of the
2019 general elections.
Former Governor of the state,
Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has been equally named as the candidate for Ogun East
Senatorial district.
This followed acceptance of the
candidates’ list of the PDP faction backed by the Senator representing Ogun
East, Buruji Kashamu, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Abati and Daniel’s choice was
contained in a statement personally signed by Kashamu, a copy of which was made
available to journalists in Abeokuta on Wednesday, by his media aide, Austin
Oniyokor.
He asked the public to disregard
the statement credited to the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola
Ologbondiyan that INEC acted against the rule that only the national leadership
of a party can submit candidates’ list to INEC.
He vowed that “this resolve to
act with unchecked impunity shall be fully resisted in a fight to finish battle
to strengthen our party’s internal democracy.”
The statement read: “Ignorantly,
the National Chairman is unaware that where there is dispute resulting into a
judicial resolution as in Ogun state matter, the State Chairman and Secretary
could sign in place of National Chairman and Secretary when backed by validly
subsisting court judgements. Whatever makes our National Chairman to be this
resolute at challenging the constituted electoral regulatory body, INEC and
also dwelling in nauseating impunity against Nigerian court judgements out of
unexplainable desperation to install Ladi Adebutu as PDP Ogun governorship
candidate should as well have forced him to create his own INEC and conduct
elections inside his office.
“The PDP as a Nigerian creation
by law is for all Nigerians by established regulations and national statue;
nobody can as such intimidate us in our democracy.”
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