SOJI AJIBOLA, Ibadan
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has pleaded with Hon. Taofeek Arapaja-led South-West Executive Council of the Peoples Democratic Party to put behind intrigues and politicking that took place during the congress and reconcile all aggrieved members.
Makinde who made the plea at the inauguration of the zonal executive of the party held at the Oyo State Government House, Agodi in Ibadan, said that the politicking that took place before the zonal congress, which produced the Arapaja-led zonal executive, was for all members of the party in the zone.
He said the whole process was to produce the best for the party and the best has emerged.
He urged Arapaja to be focused and ensure that PDP won the off season governorship elections that would hold in 2022 in Ekiti and Osun, and also called on the national leadership of the party to put together a committee to start working on zoning arrangement of the party’s positions at the national level.
In his remarks, Arapaja promised that his team would reconcile and unite all the aggrieved members of the party in the zone.
He said that the zonal executive would discharge its roles with sincerity of purpose, guided by the party’s constitution for optimum functioning, and ensure justice and fairness for all.
Arapaja, a former Deputy Governor of Oyo State and former Nigerian Ambassador to Jordan, assured party members that credible and acceptable candidates that could lead the party to victory would be presented for elections.
He promised to justify the confidence reposed in him by all leaders and delegates that elected him during the April 12 zonal congress of the PDP in Osogbo, Osun.