More woes for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as reports emanating from Ekiti indicate that the party’s chairman, Chief Idowu Faleye has been relieved of his duties.
This coming barely three days after the Executive Committee of the party, Lagos chapter sacked Mr. Tunji Shelle (party chairman), for misusing election campaign funds.
In a report published by Daily Post, the PDP noted that appointing Faleye as the chairman was an error because he hailed from Ido Ekiti in Ido/Osi Local Government with the State Youth leader of the party.
This was stated by the Vice Chairman of the party in Ekiti North Senatorial District, Olatunde Olatunde, who after announcing the sack, said he (Olatunde) had been elected by the State Executive Committee to step into Faleye’s shoes.
It was gathered that the faction of the PDP in Ekiti State led by Mr. Olatunde sacked Chief Idowu Faleye because of incompetence and refusal to call a meeting of the State Executive Committee since assuming office in 2014.
Mr Olatunde said, “We held the State Executive Committee’s meeting at our secretariat in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday where Chief Idowu Faleye was confronted with the fact that we made a mistake in his appointment and that he is not doing well among us.
“Besides, the SEC has yet to ratify his appointment. After a prolonged argument, he willingly stepped down. “We follow Federal Character in the appointment in our party. We cannot appoint two different principal officers from the same ward, it is against our constitution. Faleye is from the same Ido Ward 1 where the State Youth Leader comes from. The SEC in its wisdom appointed me as the Acting Chairman. “We don’t have to meddle into their affairs, they know how to settle themselves.
“Though, we have not breached any constitution by not confiding in the governor before taking the action because going by the Constitution of our party, there is a difference between governance and the party. The governor holds the governance but he is a PDP member under me.” He added, “We are making a change for the betterment of the party. Those who had abandoned the party have started calling us since Tuesday promising to work with us. So I know that this will make our party to wax stronger.
“I don’t foresee any crisis, but if there are issues to settle, we won’t hesitate to do that. The issue on the ground is to reposition the party and make it stronger.”
However, Faleye maintained that he was still the duly elected chairman, asking journalists to ignore his purported resignation. “The person is saying that at his own detriment. All the party leaders are behind me. The only misunderstanding we had was that they demanded for honorarium for six months amounting to about N11m and I said I cannot sign the cheque without the approval of the governor,” he said.
Meanwhile, the PDP crisis at the federal level continues to soar as the National Chairman, Adamu Mu’azu, has been highly criticised for failing to deliver at the just concluded 2015 general elections.
Several bigwigs of the party are blaming Mu’azu for the loss and demanding his resignation, but the national chairman has repeatedly fired back at his critics that he would not resign despite the pressure being mounted on him to do so. He however recently called on the party to remain calm and move forward.
This coming barely three days after the Executive Committee of the party, Lagos chapter sacked Mr. Tunji Shelle (party chairman), for misusing election campaign funds.
In a report published by Daily Post, the PDP noted that appointing Faleye as the chairman was an error because he hailed from Ido Ekiti in Ido/Osi Local Government with the State Youth leader of the party.
This was stated by the Vice Chairman of the party in Ekiti North Senatorial District, Olatunde Olatunde, who after announcing the sack, said he (Olatunde) had been elected by the State Executive Committee to step into Faleye’s shoes.
It was gathered that the faction of the PDP in Ekiti State led by Mr. Olatunde sacked Chief Idowu Faleye because of incompetence and refusal to call a meeting of the State Executive Committee since assuming office in 2014.
Mr Olatunde said, “We held the State Executive Committee’s meeting at our secretariat in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday where Chief Idowu Faleye was confronted with the fact that we made a mistake in his appointment and that he is not doing well among us.
“Besides, the SEC has yet to ratify his appointment. After a prolonged argument, he willingly stepped down. “We follow Federal Character in the appointment in our party. We cannot appoint two different principal officers from the same ward, it is against our constitution. Faleye is from the same Ido Ward 1 where the State Youth Leader comes from. The SEC in its wisdom appointed me as the Acting Chairman. “We don’t have to meddle into their affairs, they know how to settle themselves.
“Though, we have not breached any constitution by not confiding in the governor before taking the action because going by the Constitution of our party, there is a difference between governance and the party. The governor holds the governance but he is a PDP member under me.” He added, “We are making a change for the betterment of the party. Those who had abandoned the party have started calling us since Tuesday promising to work with us. So I know that this will make our party to wax stronger.
“I don’t foresee any crisis, but if there are issues to settle, we won’t hesitate to do that. The issue on the ground is to reposition the party and make it stronger.”
However, Faleye maintained that he was still the duly elected chairman, asking journalists to ignore his purported resignation. “The person is saying that at his own detriment. All the party leaders are behind me. The only misunderstanding we had was that they demanded for honorarium for six months amounting to about N11m and I said I cannot sign the cheque without the approval of the governor,” he said.
Meanwhile, the PDP crisis at the federal level continues to soar as the National Chairman, Adamu Mu’azu, has been highly criticised for failing to deliver at the just concluded 2015 general elections.
Several bigwigs of the party are blaming Mu’azu for the loss and demanding his resignation, but the national chairman has repeatedly fired back at his critics that he would not resign despite the pressure being mounted on him to do so. He however recently called on the party to remain calm and move forward.
