Ogun PDP Crisis: Kashamu Faction Drags OGSIEC To Court Over Exclusion Of It’s Candidates Ahead Council Polls

The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the leadership of Engr. Adebayo Dayo has vowed to challenge the decision of the State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) not to accept the list of its chairmanship and councillorship candidates.

The electoral body had last Thursday said it accepted the list of candidates by the Hon. Sikirulai Ogundele-led group.

While the Dayo-faction has the support of Senator Buruji Kashamu, the lawmaker representing Ogun East Senatorial District, the Ogundele group is backed by a Member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu.

Speaking with journalists today after  an emergency stakeholders meeting held in Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State, Dayo said the party will fight till justice is done.

He said the party was familiar with what he described as “OGSIEC’s antics”, adding that, “It was not the first time OGSIEC will be involved in this kind of illegality and injustice. It happened in 2012 and we dealt with them”.

His words, “OGSIEC’s action is a clear travesty of justice that won’t stand the test of time. We have submitted all the genuine, legally binding documents in our possession to OGSIEC – a final judgment concerning the Ogun State Exco that has also been registered in the Ogun State High Court and automatically becomes a binding court judgment in the state has been served on OGSIEC; all the INEC reports on the congresses, including the cover letter from INEC was served on them; a letter from the caretaker committee that gave some percentage of the delegates to those parading themselves as the parallel group was also submitted to them.

“What is more, OGSIEC on its own wrote to INEC asking it to clarify which is the authentic Ogun State PDP Exco and INEC in a letter dated 9th August, 2016 replied, saying it recognises and relates ONLY with the Engr. Adebayo Dayo-led Exco. OGSIEC was already aware of the 26th of May, 2016 order it purportedly relied  on to accept the list submitted by one Sikirulai Ogundele-led group and the 24th of June, 2016 judgment that says Engr. Adebayo Dayo-led exco is the only recognised party structure in Ogun State when it told the whole world on the 6th of July, 2016 that it would act on “the position and direction of INEC on the issue of the PDP factions”.