The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seems to have taken another turn as governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state has been accused of causing confusion in the PDP ahead of the South-west zonal congress of the party billed for Akure, Ondo state.
The accusation is coming from the national leadership of the party who spoke through its national secretary, Professor Wale Oladipo, The Punch reports.
Briefing newsmen at the party secretariat today, May 14, Oladipo said Fayose was behind the plan to hold the South-west zonal congress in Akure today, May 14, despite an existing court order which asked the party to suspend the exercise.
Justice Buba had ruled on an ex parte application brought before him on Thursday, May 12 by the PDP South-west zonal secretary, Chief ‘Pegba Otemolu restraining the party from going ahead with the scheduled congress.
A day after the judgement, Fayose visited the national secretariat of the PDP in Abuja, boasting that the congress would go ahead despite the court order.
“Governor Fayose is not a member of the National Working Committee of the PDP, but he’s causing confusion with his utterances.” Oladipo said
“We are not dabbling into his government and he has no right to tell us how to run the party here. We have an order of the court stopping the congress. The governor cannot overrule the court.
“He should behave like other governors who do not dabble into the running of the party at the national level. He should learn from Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo state who respect the party and the president of the country.
“The order of the court was even published in three national dailies and therefore, he can’t deny he was not aware.
“Our National Legal adviser who is the chief legal adviser of the party, Victor Kwon, has advised that we comply with the order and we are complying with it. We are not above the law of the land,” Oladipo added.