A former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and one of the contestants for the party’s national chairmanship position, Chief Olabode George, has called for immediate resignation of the Chairman, Caretaker Committee, Ahmed Makarfi. The aggrieved stakeholders, in a petition addressed to the Ekiti State PDP Ward Appeal Panel yesterday, urged members of the panel to disregard the list of national delegates that may emerge from the local council congress held yesterday, November 21, 2017. They said that the development had sparked tension in Ekiti PDP and provoked majority of the party faithful who looked forward to a free, fair and credible congress to elect delegates expected to vote at the convention. Others include former House of Representatives members, Mrs. Titilayo Akindahunsi and Mr. Olufemi Adeyemi; Mrs. Titilayo Oluwatuyi, Dr. Kunle Folayan, Chief Williams Ajayi and Mr. Fatai Ibraheem. The PDP Publicity Secretary in Ekiti State, Mr. Jackson Adebayo, dismissed the petition as a ruse and a mischief of the highest order.Adebayo, who stated that valid ward congress was held, said: “The action of the disgruntled elements against an organised house will not stand.”

Source: The Guardian November 22, 2017 03:33 UTC