The Southwest Zonal Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended its Chairman, Dayo Ogungbenro over alleged derelictions of duty.
The party has also disowned Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, (rtd) led reconciliation Committee, and mandated the National Working Committee to appoint an acting chairman to pilot the affairs of the party in the zone pending the conduct of the zonal congress.
Rising from its meeting in Ibadan, Oyo State on Monday, the seven members; Zonal Secretary, Hon. Daisi Akintan, Mrs Funmilayo Ogun, Hon. Ayobola Fadeyi- Awolowo, Prince Nekan Olateru- Olagbegi, amongst Others.
The meeting also had in attendance, Engr Adedeji Doherty, Hon Sikirulai Ogundele, Hon. Sunday Bisi and Chief Bisi Kolawole, Chairmen of Lagos, Ogun, Osun and Ekiti States respectively.
“The Chairman, Dayo Ogungbenro, had abdicated his responsibilities by not calling any meeting since the Caretaker Committee was appointed, thus making the party to lack direction.
“Even when we had elections in Ondo and Lagos States, the Chairman did not call any meeting to plan for the elections, hence the abysmal performance of the party”, the committee said.
Also, in its bid for the party to have effective media and publicity, the meeting appointed Mr. Lere Olayinka as spokesperson for the PDP in the South West zone.
They said the party, being in the opposition in the zone needed a vibrant media and Olayinka, fits the bill.
On the reconciliation embarked upon by the former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, the meeting said no such reconciliation committee was known to the party.
“To the best of our knowledge, Prince Oyinlola only accepted to run a political errand for Governor Seyi Makinde, being a contractor in Oyo State. His so-called reconciliation committee is not only self-serving but represents personal interest and dead on arrival.
“As far as we are concerned, the former governor decamped from the APC, is on his own because no one can be a judge in his own case.
The meeting called on PDP members in the zone to shun any meeting called by Prince Oyinlola and cautioned him to be mindful of bringing APC divide and rule culture to the PDP.