- Says “no victor, no vanquished”
The Southwest 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 Arapaja emerged was a victory for all party members, saying that there was “no victor, no vanquished”
This was contained in a press statement signed by the duo of Hon Adesegun Abdel-majid Adekoya (Reps Deputy Minority whip. PDP- OGUN) and Hon Busayo Oluwole Oke (Chairman House Public Accounts Committee PDP-OSUN) and issued to journalists in Abuja.
The caucus stated that the outcome of the congress, despite all evisaged fears, had shown that there was no alternative to PDP in the zone and the country in general as it had customized internal mechanism in resolving all crises no matter the calibre of members involved.
It declared that with an elected zonal executives committee now in place, the zone was now ready for full-fledged politicking ahead of future elections starting with Osun and Ekiti States governorship polls in 2022 and then the general Elections in 2023.
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 have 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 for the task ahead.
It then charged all elected governors in the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the zone, to start preparing their handover notes for peaceful transmission of power to the real landlords.
The contest for the chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West saw Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja emerge as the winner with 343 votes.
His co-contester, Dr Eddy Olafeso, polled 314 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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