S/WEST: Our allegiance to your leadership is unshaken, Lagos PDP tells Makinde

THE People’s Democratic Party in Lagos State has said his allegiance to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State remains steadfast and unshaken despite the crisis in the party.

The Lagos chapter of the PDP  pledged that it would throw its weight behind Makinde’s claim to the leadership of the party in the South-West when the need arises.

Giving the indication after a meeting with Governor Makinde in Ibadan on Saturday was the Deputy Chairman of the PDP in Lagos State, Alhaji Waliu Hassan.

Hassan, who lauded the outstanding role of the governor in the sustenance of the party, pledged members’ loyalty to him as a force to reckon with in the South-West PDP.

Hassan said this against the background of the leadership tussle in the party in the southwestern part of the country.

The leadership tussle has supposedly pitted Makinde against another camp led by a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele  Fayose.

But reacting to the crisis in the party after the stakeholders’ meeting held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan on Saturday, some members of the PDP in the Southwest commended Makinde’s leadership role.

The Lagos PDP chapter, while expressing its resolve to ensure amicable resolution of conflicts within its fold, said, “The purpose of today’s meeting is to thank Governor Makinde for standing by the party and to pledge total loyalty to his leadership of the South-West. No more, no less.

“We can tell you that the governor does not want anything from us. He, as the Chief Security Officer of Oyo State, needs nothing from the party. Rather, we are the ones who came all the way from Lagos to plead with him to keep leading the party.

“We resolved to, irrespective of any rancour, move the party forward and we will ensure that the party takes its better seat in 2023. We did not come here to discuss who takes anything for zonal congress. The congress will soon come up and for all we care, we have come to restate our commitment to our own governor.

“It is the full structure of Lagos that is represented here. Out of 19, we have the representation of 12 local government chairmen. We also have 17 complete non-working committee members of state exco here present. We have the deputy chairman of the party here. We have the secretary, legal adviser and the entire party structure of Lagos State here. This is a complete House of PDP, Lagos State.”