By Oludamisi Ojo
There is no end in sight over ripples occasioned by the post gubernatorial primary of the People’s Democratic Party in Ekiti State as supporters loyal to Senator representing Ekiti South Senatorial District, Mrs. Biodun Olujimi flayed the conduct of the party’s primary.
The aggrieved PDP members have said they would on Sunday take the final decision whether to dump the party or retain their membership.
After a meeting held in Ado-Ekiti with supporters to deliberate on alleged injustice meted out to her in the PDP governorship primaries and the resultant crisis, Olujimi said she would allow collective decision to be taken on the matter.
Olujimi who wanted to contest the shadow poll, but withdrew midway over alleged irregularities, said his faction had constituted a committee under the chairmanship of the former acting governor, Tunji Odeyemi to consult widely with her loyalists in all the 16 local government areas and turn in its report.
She said “We just came to hold a meeting with a few of our people whereby we could brief them about happenings in the party. You Know there was erroneous belief over the time on having been betrayed by the leadership of the group. So we needed to clear the air on that and we have cleared the air so that they got know what was really on the ground.
“We have briefed them and told them of the situation on the ground and they told us of what they think and their feelings. And we decided to set up a committee headed by the former acting governor, Tunji Odeyemi with a timeline of three days in which to report back to us on what the large house has agreed to do. And then we will have a larger meeting on Sunday where we would take a proper decision and what we will do.
“There are options on the table. One that we would all go and kneel down and beg former governor Ayodele Fayose that we have sinned and we are returning back to his fold.
“Two, that we should pull out of the party. And we say that can’t be done in a hurry because tempers are high and we need them to calm down to be able to talk and hold a big meeting on Sunday when we would announce to the public where we are going”
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Olujimi lamented the development in which the party she sacrificed for its growth would pay her back with evils.
She emphasized that she was being treated badly by the PDP national leadership due to her gender.
According to her, “We are no longer children and we have been in this business for quite some time. If it is a former governor that is a sitting Senator, can they do what has happened to me?
She queried the claim by former governor Ayodele Fayose that he had reached out to her for reconciliation, saying neither he nor anyone called her for peace talk.
Olujimi pointed out that the claim was part of the grand ploys by Fayose to deceive the unsuspecting members of the public and portray himself in a good light in the faces of the people.
The Senator said her faction’s next line of political action would depend on the recommendations of the report to be submitted in the coming days which will be made public.
