Ekiti PDP leaders seek discipline to sustain party

Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State on Saturday expressed the need to discipline members who engage in anti-party activities

The PDP State Publicity Secretary, Raphael Adeyanju, said that the leaders while condemning anti-party activities, stated at a unity meeting in Ado Ekiti, “That the party organs at all levels should discipline such affected few disgruntled elements within the party in the state to serve as deterrence to others.”

Adeyanju said in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Saturday, “The leaders further decided to work more on unity and reconciliations and nominated Kehinde Odebunmi as the chair of the reconciliation committee, to work together with three other members each from the three senatorial districts, with a mandate to resolve all disagreements at all levels within the party.

“The party leaders also sensitised and showed their readiness to participate fully in the incoming PDP ward and Local Government congresses and promised to work together and mobilise extensively for the success of the congresses and the rejuvenation of the party back to winning ways.

“The leaders unanimously agreed to unite as one, work together and take back the state from the confused clueless government of All Progressives Congress, which has taken the poor masses into further penury, hunger, anguish, pains, deprivation, gnashing of teeth, kidnapping, bloodletting and multiple killings. Let Ekiti PDP leaders say never again!”

Adeyanju said the leaders expressed commitment to sustaining the unity meetings to further strategise the party back to the Government House of Ekiti State.

He stated, “The Board of Trustee members, Mrs Biodun Olujimi and Oke Ojo, in their remarks thanked and appreciated all PDP leaders present at the meeting and counselled all party members to henceforth work together as one family”.

The PDP spokesperson listed stakeholders at the meeting to include the State PDP Chairman and EXCO members, serving BOT members, former Acting Governor of Ekiti State, former senators, former House of Representatives members, PDP former speakers and former state legislators  State Chairmen of the party among others.