Ondo PDP rejects alleged dissolution of state exco, calls move unconstitutional

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has rejected claims that its State Executive Committee has been dissolved, describing the move as an attempt to destabilise the party.

 

The party’s State Chairman, Dupe Aisida, raised the alarm while addressing journalists at the party secretariat in Akure on Saturday.

 

Aisida described the alleged dissolution as a “political coup”, insisting that the state leadership of the party remains intact and fully operational.

 

According to him, the state chapter has not received any official communication from the party’s national leadership authorising such action.

 

His reaction followed the circulation of a statement on social media claiming that a National Caretaker Working Committee had dissolved the Ondo State executive of the PDP.

 

Aisida said the claim came as a surprise to the state leadership.

 

“Yesterday evening, a letter was circulating on the internet and social media reportedly written by someone claiming to be the National Publicity Secretary of the Caretaker Committee of our party, stating that the state executive committee of the PDP in Ondo State had been dissolved,” he said.

 

“Of course, it came as a surprise to us.”

 

The PDP chairman stressed that the current state leadership emerged through properly conducted congresses monitored by relevant authorities, including the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the police, and the Department of State Services (DSS).

 

“The ward congress was conducted in all the 203 wards in Ondo State. INEC was there, the police sent their representatives, the DSS and other stakeholders were present, and they wrote their reports confirming that everything was done according to the guidelines,” he added.

 

He maintained that the state executive remains legitimate and vowed that the party would resist any attempt to impose an unconstitutional leadership structure.