The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has said it had no hand in the removal of former Osun State governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola as its National Secretary, contrary to the belief in some quarters.
It read in part: “Section 45 (1) of the Party’s Constitution says if a National Officer of the Party is removed or resigns from office, he shall immediately hand over to the National Secretary all records, files and other properties of the Party in his or her possession.
“In the case of the National Secretary, he shall hand over to the Deputy National Secretary. Given the judgement of the Federal High Court, a situation was created for invocation of Section 45 and this was done. The matter has absolutely nothing to do with any imagined rift between the National Chairman and Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola.”
The party stressed that there was no rift between Tukur and Oyinlola, saying: “For the avoidance of doubt, we want to say unequivocally that there is no personal rift between Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, as the National Chairman of the Party, and Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola to warrant the sensational headlines that have been published in newspapers on the issue. In any event, reports have indicated that Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola has appealed the Court judgment and the NWC wants to say that as soon as the appeal is decided, the party will, in the same way as it did in the case of the Federal High Court ruling, obey the appeal decision.
“We want to make it clear that our great party is a law-abiding party, which bases its conduct and activities on internal democracy and rule of law. Whatever a court of competent jurisdiction decides on any matter involving the party, the PDP will have no hesitation in obeying and implementing the judgment.”
