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PDP Lagos Ward Congress: Why National’s intervention is required – Segun Adewale
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain in Lagos State, Otunba Segun Adewale (Aeroland ) has urged the leadership of the party’s national structure to wade into the alleged unscrupulous move by some individuals in the party to subvert the true will of members, as expressed through the September 25 ward congress in Lagos.
According to Adewale who is also a zonal Leader of PDP in Southwest zone, Lagos PDP might be heading for a collision course if required remedy is not availed, as the just concluded congress harbours lots of manipulations and inimical twist of electoral process.
He flayed the former Chairman of the party in Lagos, Engineer Adedeji Doherty for having induced the electoral committee to alter the results as garnered from electoral officers across the 20 Local governments where the congress was held.
“In my ward, my opposition had six wards while I had five wards they still had the majority out of the eleven wards and I let go just to give peace a chance.”
The party’s fairness and justice crooner, Adewale noted that the future is bleak if such corrupt model still suffices, as nothing good should be expected if it is not halted.
He said, “The fallout of the PDP ward Congress in Lagos State is heart-breaking, as I was privy to a petition by one of the electoral officers who claimed the results in Abuja was a clear departure from what he submitted.
As cited in the said petition, “result imputed into the computer data at the Head quarter is at variance with the result from the field signed by the appointed LGAs electoral officers for Lagos State Ward Congresses.
“I coordinated the EOs and I have back up results from the field signed by the EOs It is important you look into this serious allegations.”
Adewale disclosed further that, “All I want is for peace to reign, Doherty had the majority through manipulations and all forms of pranks we don’t mind, but after the congress they still went behind to subvert the true reflection of the process and altered the result, having influenced the Secretary of the electoral committee.
“The electoral officers for the 20 local governments submitted their results to the electoral committee and Doherty and his cohorts changed the results midway to Abuja.
“If they want peace to reign, the results as submitted to the electoral committee by the E.O’s in the 20 LGA should not be changed, otherwise there will be problem again in Lagos.
“That will then put paid to the aspiration of any one contesting in Lagos, there will be no need for them to vy as well, the Presidential candidate that will emerge should also not expect anything from Lagos if we are divided again.
“Initially Chief Bode George is the one we normally blame for all the congress woes since 1999 but this time around he didn’t get involved.
“He allowed the elections to run seamlessly, even some of his people were cheated and he did not even induce the officials to curry favours neither did they go to the tribunal.
“ I am personally perturbed and might have no other choice than to sue them. I will just have to recall the signed results submitted originally by the officer and compare it with the ones submitted in Abuja.
“ Then I will sue the Secretary of the committee, Chief Sunday Onoriodethat came to supervise election for fraud, it is wrong for them to thread that path.” Adewale reiterated.