Sunday, October 17, 2010

Ekiti: PDP jittery over S’West

PDP National Chairman, Dr. Ezkwesili Nwodo
There were indications on Sunday that the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West had gone into panic mode over the declaration of the Action Congress of Nigeria candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, as the governor of Ekiti State.

Investigations by THE PUNCH on Sunday showed that the PDP feared that if the crises in its Ogun, Oyo and Osun state chapters persisted, its might lose more governorship positions in the zone.

It was gathered that to avert losses in the 2011 governorship poll, the PDP leadeship had mandated its members in the zone to ensure that all factional crises were resolved, so that its aggrieved members would not defect to opposition parties.

In the 2007 governorship elections, the PDP won five states in the South-West —Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Ekiti and Osun. It has, however, lost two—Ekiti and Ondo States following judgments of the Court of Appeal on petitions filed by the ACN and the Labour Party.

Read more: http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20101018475251

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