Osun PDP holds ward congress today

Ganiyu Olaoluwa

The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  is set to hold its congress through out the 332 wards in the  state today.

This is contained in a statement by the state chairman of the party, Ganiyu Olaoluwa, the PDP’s timetable for 2016 congress and national  convention, and the ward  congress will hold on Saturday, 30th April 2016 while appeal  of ward congress will hold on May 2nd, 2016.

The local government congress will hold on May 5th while its appeal  will hold on May 7th, 2016. The state congress will hold on May 10th, 2016, while its appeal will hold on May 12. The zonal congress will hold on May 14th,  2016 while the appeal will hold on May 17th, 2016. The national convention  of the PDP will hold on May 21st, 2016.

Meanwhile  five chieftains of Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta to restrain the Chief Adebayo Dayo-led executive from conducting or superintending the supervision of all the congresses in the state.

The PDP chieftains, who are claimants/applicants in an ex-parte application dated 18th April and brought before Justice Mobolaji Ojo, are Wasiu Sanni; Alhaja Nike Odutola; Semiu Babatunde; Semiu Adesanya and Elder Shola Soledolu.

The defendants in the suit number AB/121/2016 are: PDP, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Chief Dayo, and Semiu Sodipo.

The claimants predicated their objection to the Dayo-led executive on the premise that the tenure of the executive lapsed on February 27 this year, prompting the seeking of the order of the court to bar them from all the congress.

Justice Ojo, while ruling on the application April 18 as moved by counsel for the claimants, Chief W.O Liady, granted the prayers for substituted service and the service of PDP and INEC in Abuja, within seven days, while hearing on the motion on notice was fixed for May 3.

Meanwhile, a group of leaders within the party under the aegis of Stakeholders’ Forum, has petitioned the acting national chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff, alleging that plans by the Dayo-led executive has compiled the list of the executives and waiting for ratification by the national body.

In the three-page petition signed by Bisiriyu Popoola, Iyabo Apampa, Lekan Tejuoso and 12 others, the PDP leaders said despite paying the stipulated fees for the nomination forms by their party and following all laid down procedure, the forms were not released to them.