Count Senator Kashamu, Others Out Of Ogun 2023 Gubernatorial, Senatorial Office – PDP Chairman
By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA
Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ogun State chapter, Samson Kayode Bamgbose has remarked that Senator Buruji Kashamu and many others who selflessly support the party in the state, have indicated that they have no ambition for governorship or senatorial office in 2023.
Bamgbose, who was sworn-in on May 8th, 2020 with other members of the state executive to pilot the affairs of the party in Ogun for the next four years gave this shocking revelation in a press release made available to Daily Dispatch on Sunday.
The chairman, whose executive was declared illegal by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party in a press statement issued on Saturday, May 9th, 2020, barely 24 hours after their inauguration in Abeokuta, the state capital, stated that NWC action contradicted the party’s constitution, and rule of law.
He explained that those who have over the years backing the party, especially Senator Kashamu, and many others are here only to support a resurgence of the PDP in Ogun State, and to ensure victory for all the candidates the party democratically chooses to fly its flag in 2023.
“In order to bring all hands on deck, we must ensure that the party is run for all aspirants and that a level playing field is provided for all who have political ambition. So that we may be able to pick winning candidates rather than being stuck with a deep pocket with little or no electoral value.
“The NWC’s press release on Saturday contains misinformation on certain issues. The claim that only the NEC of the PDP can conduct congresses may be correct for other state chapters, but certainly not for Ogun State chapter in view of the express stipulations of the judgment in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/636/2016, particularly the orders set out above.
“Clearly, the National Officers of our great party deserve our respect and we would always accord them that outmost respect accordingly.
“The current position of the party as opposition party at the federal level and in many states including Ogun State signifies a need to consolidate its existing membership through efforts at reconciliation of aggrieved members before mobilizing for more members.
“We have always been amenable to such overtures and notwithstanding the unassailability of our legal position welcome genuine moves to bring feuding groups together.
“Most of our current leadership who have remained in the party despite electoral setbacks are good examples of what is required for a resurgence of the PDP.
Moreover, Bamgbose in his admonition hinted that currently, the unassailable position was that congresses have been validly concluded by the outgone, judicially protected PDP OGSEC and new officers emerged in accordance with the terms of the orders in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/636/2016 set out above.
“And they have been validly inaugurated on the last day of the judicially recognized and specified tenure of the outgone leadership.
“This is why the affairs of the PDP in Ogun State have been specially and uniquely governed by that judgment up until our inauguration to succeed the Adebayo Dayo led PDP OGSEC whose tenure expired on the 9th of May 2020 in accordance with the specifications of that judgment.
“Therefore, the organ empowered to conduct congresses for the PDP in Ogun State is the judicially recognized and protected PDP OGSEC,” he opined.
