On June 27, 2011 ·
BY OLA AJAYI
IBADAN-IN a bid to end the lingering crises rocking the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, notable chieftains in the party have met to restore its lost electoral value in the state.
The meeting which was initiated by a founding member of the party, Professor Tunde Adeniran, attracted over 200 party leaders.
Among those that attended the meeting, according to a statement made available to Vanguard are the former Governor of the state, Segun Oni, Mr. Tunji Odeyemi, ex-Speaker of the state House of Assembly and Chief Dapo Alibaloye.
The statement quoted Prof. Adeniran as saying “The 2011 general elections have come and gone, leaving behind some previously unresolved issues and new challenges with daunting complex.
We are here primarily as brothers and sisters to put our house in order and chart a new course for the promotion of justice, unity and progress without which we cannot achieve the attainable goals of our party”.
He urged the party chieftains to put the crises of the previous years behind them and focus on how the party would occupy its leading position.
Adeniran said, “For the avoidance of doubt, we are not here to promote personal, factional or sectional interests.
We are here as a select group of elders and leaders of our party saddled with the responsibility of salvaging the party through the mechanism of reconciliation, harmonization and integration, as well as the provision of a moral imperative of guidance at this crucial time.