……Says No Winner, No Vanquished
The South West Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Caucus of the House of Representatives on Wednesday said that the succeful outcome of the Party’s Zonal Congress during which the new Executives led by Ambassador Taofeek Aragbaja emerged was a victory for all Party members, saying that there was “No Victor, No vanguished”
This was contained in a statement signed by the duo of Hon Adesegun Abdel-majid Adekoya (Reps Deputy Minority whip) and Hon Busayo Oluwole Oke (Chairma House Public Accounts Committee) and made available to news men in Abuja
The Caucus stated that the out of the Congress despite all evisaged fears has shown that there was no alternative to PDP in the Zone and the country in general as it has customized inernal mechanism in resolving all crises no matter the calibre of members involved.
It declared that with an Elected Zonal Executives now in place, the Zone was now ready for fuii fledged politicking ahead of future Elections starting with those of Osun and Ekiti States governorship polls in 2022 and then the general Elections.
According to the Caucus,” Now the battle has been won and lost. But there is no vanquished and there is no restrictive winner. The victory belongs to all of us
“This is now the moment to mend the broken places , to reconcile and rebuild without any recourse to personal triumphalism. We are all winners, we proven to them all that PDP is not like them, we belong to the same family under one umbrella, South-West is back under the umbrella now
” We can confidently say that PDP is reclaiming all the South-West States come 2023, starting from Ekiti and Osun States governorship polls, the war is over in the Zone with the out come of the Zonal Congress”
The Caucus also commended the leadership qualities of the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde who is the leader of the Party in the Zone being the only Governor produced by the Party which made the Congress a huge success despite all odds and urged Party leaders to rally round him in rebuilding the Party in the Zone ahead of the task ahead.
It then charged b all the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governors in the Zone to start preparing their handover notes for peaceful transmission ol power to PDP elected governors with the peaceful conduct of the Congress
The contest for the chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West saw Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja emerging as the winner with 343 votes.
His co-contester, Dr Eddy Olafeso, polled 330 votes. A total of 684 accredited votes had 10 voided, with 674 votes cast at the WOCDIF Event Centre, Osogbo, Osun State, venue of the zonal congress.
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