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The feud between Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Ayo Fayose, former governor of Ekiti State, has further deepened the crisis in the South-West chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and is making reconciliation of aggrieved members a herculean task
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The duo have been at loggerheads over the control of the party in the zone.
While Fayose has been at loggerheads with Makinde over the latter’s role in Ekiti PDP crisis as well as the leadership of the party in the South-West, with party chairmen in Ekiti, Osun, Ogun and Lagos states aligning with Fayose, PDP chairmen in Oyo and Ondo states have taken sides with Makinde.
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Southwest PDP caretaker committee suspends chairman
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By Adeola Badru
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Southwest zonal caretaker committee has suspended its chairman, Dayo Ogungbenro, for negligence of duty, saying he has failed to call any meeting since he was appointed.
Seven out of the 12 members in the caretaker committee, who suspended the chairman, also called on the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to appoint another chairman, who will be alive to his duties to pilot the affairs of the party in the zone pending the conduct of the zonal congress.
Rising from its meeting in Ibadan, Oyo State, yesterday, the seven members; Zonal Secretary, Hon. Daisi Akintan, Mrs Funmilayo Ogun, Hon. Ayobola Fadeyi- Awolowo, Prince Nekan Olateru-Olagbegi, Hon Wahab Owokoniran, Alhaji Mustapha Sikiru and Hon. Martins Olu- Abiloye, insisted that on no account would they sit in any meeting with the suspended chairman.
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