Unite to reclaim Oyo, Secondus charges new PDP exco

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, has challenged leaders and members of the party in Oyo state to close ranks and return power to the party in 2019.
Secondus, who was represented by the party’s National Legal Adviser, Barr. Emmanuel Enoidem, gave the advice in Abuja while inaugurating the Executive Committee of the party in the state.
According to him, the inauguration was one of the unification processes of the PDP in Oyo state, noting that all the factions that existed in the state were present.
“This exercise today is to enable you, the new executive of our party, to go back home and begin to heal whatever needs to be healed in our party.
“You need to bring every party member and stakeholders together. This exercise will give you the necessary official capacity to go back to Oyo state and make sure you bring all the leaders of our party together under one roof.’’
He charged the exco members to ensure that from every ward and local government in Oyo were involved in decision making for the party and stressed the majority of the people must be carried along.
“When you take the party back to the people of Oyo, we know that the power in the state will come back to the PDP, which is poised to take over power in Oyo and Nigeria in 2019, and the process begins now.
“You are very much aware that the PDP is in every home in Oyo, so, we expect the new leadership to make sure that you go to every home and bring out our members to make the PDP thicker than you met it today,’’ he said.
Secondus commended Prof. Taoheed Adedoja, who contested the national chairmanship of the party in the December, 2017 National Convention, for withdrawing his suit against the party.
In his remarks, National Vice-Chairman (South-West) of the party, Dr Eddy Olafeso, also re-echoed the party’s need for reconciliation and unity to move forward.
Olafeso urged the new leadership of PDP in Oyo state to provide the direction that the state chapter requires and called on them to reach out to the aggrieved former leaders and members.