The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has kicked against the nomination last weekend of Prof. Wale Oladipo as the replacement for Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, as the National Secretary of the party.
The party dissociated itself from the purported South-West caucus meeting, which allegedly nominated Oladipo to replace the Acting National Secretary of the party, Dr. Remi Akitoye.
The Lagos PDP, speaking through its Publicity Secretary, Taofeek Gani, said that it became imperative for it to make this clarification following the endorsement of the Acting National Secretary of the PDP for the office of the National Secretary by the National Executive Council, NEC, of the party, noting that revisiting such decision at this time will amount to a betrayal of leadership.
The South-West zonal Caretaker Committee of the party had last Saturday held a caucus meeting at Ibadan where they nominated Oladipo.
The party said: "The present occupier of the office of the Acting National Secretary, Akitoye, was endorsed by the NEC of the party. The NEC is a higher authority, higher than the zonal Executive Committee. This hierarchy of authority must be understood by all. Taking actions outside the decisions of the NEC would be tantamount to making ultra vires decisions and the Lagos PDP cannot be part of this."
While unequivocally condemning the resolution at the said caucus meeting, the Lagos PDP urged the national secretariat of the party to discountenance same, admonishing the party's leaders in the South-West to desist from actions that can present them as fifth columnists within the party.
The party added that the bigger fight in the zone is against the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and thus called on the leaders to aggregate their strategies and resources against the opposition rather than antagonising one another.
