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The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has been sharply divided as Members of the State Working Committee of the party called on the Chairman, Fatai Adams, to resign.
The party in the state was polarised between loyalists of the Integrity Group led by the G-5 Governors and those loyal to the presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the Ondo PDP SWC presented their demand at a meeting with the leadership of the party.
It was further gathered that the aggrieved party leaders cited the inability of Adams to lead the party to victory in next month’s general elections.
They also accused Adams of incompetence, high-handedness, lack of transparency, anti-party and polarisation of the party across the 18 local governments of the state.
It was gathered that the SWC told the leaders that the party Chairman has been unable to bring all aggrieved members of the party together and that the party’s candidates were working at cross purposes.
A member of the SWC, who sought anonymity, said: “The Chairman of the PDP in the state is being used to carry out the selfish interest of some individuals within the party. As far as this man is the chairman, we would not win any election in Ondo in 2023”
Another source the party’s candidates were angry that they have not gotten any funding from the party to finance their campaign activities. The source said many leaders of the party were in the dark about the activities within the party.
He said: “Those who have openly tabled their grievances and challenged the leadership style of Adams and Jegede have been shut out of the party. The ongoing crisis in the party was caused by the inordinate ambition of a former governorship candidate to become the candidate of the party again in the 2024 governorship election in the state.
“They are scheming for the 2024 governorship election, instead of working towards securing a win for the 2023 election and delivering the state for PDP and Atiku. They are talking of 2024 governorship elections and that is the main reason for the division within the party.”
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