Ekiti poll: PDP National Leaders relocates to Ado Ekiti for reconciliation

National leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday relocated to Ado Ekiti to reconcile all aggrieved members ahead of the party’s primary.

The aggrieved parties, Dayo Adeyeye, Biodun Olujimi, and Mr. Owoseni Ajayi and others, Dare Bejide and Sikiru Lawal who have defected to others parties, were aggrieved because of governor Ayo Fayose’s overwhelming support for his deputy, Kolapo Olusola, also an aspirant for the poll.

Addressing the party members and angry aspirants, National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, said: “I assure you once again, there will be transparency and the process would not cheat anybody.

I urge you to join the leaders to work together to ensure a free, fair and transparent primary, eminent Nigerian are conducting the primaries.

” We urge you to remain calm. We also urge INEC and security agents not to be partial but come to defend democracy doing that the best if our people will serve the people the best. From here we are moving to other parts of the country for sensitization.”

Also ex- Senate President, David Mark, chairman of the reconciliation committee that brought all aspirants and Governor Fayose together, said: “First is that I have been working on bringing peace to Ekiti by reconciling all parties and that has been done very well. I thank you supporters for the peace and agreement to work together.

“Secondly, to assure you that the process leading to the final election of whoever will become PDP candidate in Ekiti for the July poll will be free fair and credible.

If we are insisting that INEC must be fair, it means we will have to do so ourselves at the party level. Nobody will write delegates’ names, everyone will vote for candidate of his choice. We will ensure this and all stakeholders will ensure it.

“We want to show the world what internal democracy is. Internal democracy will ensure that you all fight for your preferred cans and we will ensure that. I am very confident that PDP will be in Ekiti .

Fayose said “There is no value you can add to us more than this. Your presence has gingered everyone because the party is on ground here. When I was to contest in 2014, We won in 158 wards while APC, if APC gets ten wards I will conceded the governorship poll to them.

When a dog gets mad I am the landlord of APC here. I defeated Adebayo, grandfather, his great grandsons will equally be defeated. They have requested for transparent.

“I want the other aspirants to be comfortable, the ultimate is to defeat APC in Ekiti and Nigeria any party operating that cannot I will not do anything that would undermine this process, the party and aspirants. In a matter like this there will be many interest.

“I am for Olusola but whosoever that wins the primaries I will stand by that person. The worst PDP man is worst that the best of APC. I won’t behave like the mother of the biblical twins who killed her own child. If the other aspirants are not comfortable with my coming to the primaries, I won’t come. If you lose and the process is transparent you should support the party, “.

Adeyeye said: “I believe this meeting is to assure all of us in Ekiti that there will be free and fair primaries. We want free. If there is anybody who has written names of delegates, they should tear it off.

“The party has also assured to publish all names of delegates and that by May 8 everyone will be vote in secret ballot, and no one will be intimidated or suspended or harassed. If this is done, I am assured that PDP will coast home with victory. This is the first time I have sent PDP being very well organized in the primaries.

“I appeal to all us that we should maintain our peace. Don’t feel harassed or intimidated, the leaders at the national level have assured us and I believe governor Fayose has supported it.”

Also speaking, Senator Olujimi said: “This is a good beginning because before now most of us could not come home to do anything but your comments as leaders would change the tide of things.

There is very much work to do, we need to set up another committee to do another reconciliation the right thing has to be done. If the right thing is done I am sure we won’t have problems even at the national level.

Also speaking his mind, Olusola said:”As an aspirant, I am committed to a free fair primaries and by the grace of the almighty God I remain loyal to this noble party and ready to abide by the rules and regulations of this party we are PDP in Ekiti and we are in ground and we will ensure that we work together for victory.”