Former Deputy Nationwide Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Celebration, PDP, Chief Bode George, has warned of an impending disaster inside the Lagos State chapter of the occasion as preparations intensify for its ward and native authorities congresses.
In an open letter to the Nationwide Working Committee, NWC, made out there to journalists, George accused the Deputy Nationwide Secretary of the occasion, Hon. Setonji Koshoedo, of unilaterally dealing with the distribution of congress nomination varieties with out consulting occasion leaders within the state.
In response to the Lagos PDP chief, Koshoedo’s actions disregarded ongoing efforts by senior stakeholders to construct consensus throughout native governments forward of the congresses. He described the transfer as “a recipe for acrimony, mayhem, and potential courtroom circumstances” if left unchecked.
George questioned why a member who had allegedly not been actively concerned in, or contributed financially to the occasion in Lagos would assume such authority. He expressed readiness to personally fund the truthful distribution of varieties to make sure equal entry for contestants throughout the state.
“It’s disturbing that Hon. Koshoedo, who has not been concerned within the actions of the occasion in Lagos, both financially or in any other case, collected the varieties and single-handedly determined how they might be distributed,” George wrote.
He alleged that some varieties have been handed to people who had defected to opposition events, together with the ADC, and questioned why loyal PDP leaders, together with two life-members of the Board of Trustees, have been sidelined within the course of.
“Does Koshoedo’s place as a member of the NWC give him the appropriate to nominate leaders in Lagos at his personal discretion?” George queried, whereas additionally faulting the involvement of Koshoedo’s aide, one Senyon, within the direct distribution of nomination varieties.
The PDP chieftain careworn that the occasion, nonetheless recovering from previous inner disputes, couldn’t afford one other disaster, recalling that its poor efficiency in Lagos in the course of the 2023 elections was the worst within the historical past of the state chapter.
He described Koshoedo’s conduct as “insulting, unfair, unjust, and unacceptable,” warning that his continued interference might plunge the state chapter into deeper division.
“We’re compelled to declare him a political persona non grata in Lagos on account of his actions. We enchantment to the NWC to intervene urgently earlier than this matter escalates,” George warned.
