You are unfit to be Party Chairman- PDP youths tell Dokpesi
Tue Aug 02, 2016 07:57:am Politics
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A national chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has been advised by some youths of the party operating under the aegis of Youth Forum For Democracy in Osun State, to quit jostling for the position.
Dokpesi had held a campaign on Saturday at the PDP Secretariat along Ogo Oluwa area of Osogbo, and shunned the secretariat of the Adagunodo-led faction of the party situated along Ikirun Road.
He was alleged to have said that any PDP member who was not at the PDP secretariat belonging to the Omisore faction was not a member of the party.
However, reacting to the development, the youths issued a statement in Osogbo on Monday through the YFD Secretary, Olajide Adam, and the Public Relations Officer, Mathew Alao, saying Dokpesi was not fit to lead the party.
In the statement, the youths berated Dokpesi for visiting Senator Iyiola Omisore and neglecting the Soji Adagunodo-led faction of the party.
They said if the PDP wanted Nigerians to believe in it again, a Politician accused of looting the nation's treasury via 'Dasukigate' was not needed.
Dokpesi was chided by the group for the alleged anti-peace statements he made during his Osogbo campaign.
The youths advised Dokpesi to channel his energy instead, to the unity, peace and healing process in Osun PDP.
The statement read in part: "We are obliged to inform members of the public on the visitation of Dr. Raymond Dokpesi, who is jostling for the post of the National Chairman of the PDP, especially on the anti-peace, callous and sentimental comment he made.
"He (Dokpesi) was paying a solidarity visit to Otunba Iyiola Omisore, who is his colleague in the EFCC net on Dasukigate.
"Dokpesi is a good customer of Senator Ahmed Tinubu, (a national leader of the All Progressives Congress) and he (Dokpesi) could be picked up at anytime. So, he cannot be the PDP chairman because he would cave in at the slightest pressure from Tinubu.
"With every sense of modesty, Dr. Raymond Dokpesi should not be contesting for the National Chairman, if he had meant business he should be working on the unity, peace and healing process in Osun PDP."
The PDP in Osun State has been divided as a result of the last congress of the party in the state.
Dokpesi had held a campaign on Saturday at the PDP Secretariat along Ogo Oluwa area of Osogbo, and shunned the secretariat of the Adagunodo-led faction of the party situated along Ikirun Road.
He was alleged to have said that any PDP member who was not at the PDP secretariat belonging to the Omisore faction was not a member of the party.
However, reacting to the development, the youths issued a statement in Osogbo on Monday through the YFD Secretary, Olajide Adam, and the Public Relations Officer, Mathew Alao, saying Dokpesi was not fit to lead the party.
In the statement, the youths berated Dokpesi for visiting Senator Iyiola Omisore and neglecting the Soji Adagunodo-led faction of the party.
They said if the PDP wanted Nigerians to believe in it again, a Politician accused of looting the nation's treasury via 'Dasukigate' was not needed.
Dokpesi was chided by the group for the alleged anti-peace statements he made during his Osogbo campaign.
The youths advised Dokpesi to channel his energy instead, to the unity, peace and healing process in Osun PDP.
The statement read in part: "We are obliged to inform members of the public on the visitation of Dr. Raymond Dokpesi, who is jostling for the post of the National Chairman of the PDP, especially on the anti-peace, callous and sentimental comment he made.
"He (Dokpesi) was paying a solidarity visit to Otunba Iyiola Omisore, who is his colleague in the EFCC net on Dasukigate.
"Dokpesi is a good customer of Senator Ahmed Tinubu, (a national leader of the All Progressives Congress) and he (Dokpesi) could be picked up at anytime. So, he cannot be the PDP chairman because he would cave in at the slightest pressure from Tinubu.
"With every sense of modesty, Dr. Raymond Dokpesi should not be contesting for the National Chairman, if he had meant business he should be working on the unity, peace and healing process in Osun PDP."
The PDP in Osun State has been divided as a result of the last congress of the party in the state.
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