PDP Chairman tasks Ekiti caretaker committee members on unity, victory

By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has harped on the need for its members and supporters in Ekiti State to come together and work assiduously for the benefit of winning the forthcoming general election in the State.

The National Chairman of the PDP, Dr Iyorchia Ayu gave the charge on Wednesday at the party’s headquarters in Abuja during the inauguration of the state caretaker committee headed by

Architect Sadiq Obanoyen.

Represented by the Party’s Deputy National Chairman North, Amb. Umar Damagun, Ayu declared that the party is ready and working together to reclaim Ekiti state from the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The National Chairman, who recalled that the Ekiti State chapter of the party has been in crises, pointed out that the task of the new caretaker committee is to ensure that all stakeholders are under the umbrella to deliver the state to PDP on February 25.

According to him, “If you notice recently, we had an election in Ekiti state, the state chapter of the party has always been bedeviled by crisis. As a result of that, we had one of our worst outings in the election in Ekiti state.

“Ekiti has always been a PDP state, you have been resilient, and from what we see during the presidential campaign, we know that Ekiti is still PDP. That gave us the courage to sit down and say we have to get things right.

“How do we do this thing? It is to be able to dissolve that executive that has always been in one crisis or the other and give a new life to the party by constituting a caretaker Committee, which will give us a brand-new executive, that will be all inclusive.

“First of all, I believe you must have been selected from wherever you come from, because you have distinguished yourselves in the activities of this party and we know you have the capacity and the capability to drive this party to where we are expecting.

“Mind you, we are in an election year. In the next few days, we’ll have our first election which is the election of the president and National Assembly members, followed by the State Assembly election because you don’t have gubernatorial election in Ekiti.

“I will want to urge you to bring all and sundry to come together to work assiduously for the benefit of winning this election in Ekiti and I believe, if you do the right thing, we’ll be able to come out victorious. So you have a daunting task before you”, he said.

Responding on behalf of the committee, its chairman Arch. Sadiq Obanoyen thanked the party for the responsibility reposed on them.

While acknowledging that the task before the committee is enormous, he pledged that members will work together to deliver Atiku Abubakar in the state.

His words, “Distinguished leaders of our party, we take this as a challenge and we believe that we have an enormous task on our hands, we also believe that by the Grace of God, with your support, we have what it takes to reconcile and unite our people ahead of the coming all important election.

“I believe that with your support, galvanizing all the resources that we have within the tenets of all the people that you have put together, we believe that Ekiti state will be delivered. Be rest assured that you have sent us on an errand and we will deliver”.

The committee has Barr. Dosu Babatunde as Secretary while other members include: Hon. Ojoade Fajana, Adijat Eniola Balogun, Hon. Oladimeji Joshua Ayodele and Chief Boboye Adekunle.

Others are Hajia Lawal Idayat Tosin, Comrade Waliu Olawole Oladipupo, Erelu Toyin Olumilua Mark, Dr. Alade Beatrice Modupe, Aare Temitope Amerijoye, Akogun Bunmi Ogunleye, Olugbenga Adewole, Hon Ajibola Samuel and Barr. Dosu Babatunde.