The Executives of the Ward 2 Ayedaade Local Government of People’s Democratic Party PDP on Monday, disclosed that those who carried out the expulsion of the gubernatorial aspirant of the party in the just concluded election in Osun State, Prince Dotun Babayemi were not registered members of PDP in the ward.
It would be recalled that the Ward Executive members of Otun Balogun 2, Ayedaade Local Government Area of the State, had announced the expulsion of Babayemi at a press conference held at the party Secretariat, Osogbo, last week Friday over alleged anti-party activities.
Addressing journalists at a press conference at the PDP Secretariat at Ayedaade Local Governments Area, Gbongan, the Secretary of the party in Ward 2 Ayedaade, Mr Adekunle Munirudeen described the expulsion as a facade and nullity.
Munirudeen said the purported expulsion was carried out by people acted contrary to virtue of Section 57 of PDP constitution 2017 as amended.
He stated that only duly elected Executives of the ward 2 Ayedaade are constitutionally empowered to discipline any erring members adding that prince Dotun Babayemi worked adidiously for the party.
He said, “That allegations of anti-Party leveled against Babayemi are mere fabrication and imagination of traducers just to achieve sinister motive.
“Babayemi produced 25,000 specimen to educate us that we should vote for PDP, we did not work against the party, PDP is our party we are the authentic member and we can’t do otherwise,” he stated .
Also speaking about a chieftain of PDP Mr Adelani Ajanaku said the expulsion was a misplaced one considering the kind and caliber of Babayemi who he described as grassroot politician.
Ajanaku maintained that the PDP aspirant headed to Supreme Court on the issue that has to do with pre-election matter which according to is not out of place in a democratic process.
According to Ajanaku, “If other group had allowed a peaceful reconciliation shortly after the primaries, Babayemi would not headed to court even to the Supreme Court. It is because the other side refused to shift ground and part away with some out of over 20 requests, we ask for just five but they refused.
While explaining that Babayemi worked tiredlessly for the victory of the party at the last Governorship election in the state, Ajanaku hinted that all legal action taken by governorship aspirant was to make PDP a great party in the state.
He, however urged the party members at Ayedaade to remain united and Law abiding by ensuring that peace prevails at all times for overall interest of the state.
It will be recalled that Babayemi had emerged as the governorship candidate of the party in a parallel congress primary held at the WOCDIF event Centre, Osogbo, against the approved venue (Osogbo township stadium) by the PDP National working Committee.