Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu, says all issues that arose from the conduct of the primary election in the state have been resolved.
Adebutu, who was handed over the certificate of return from the PDP National Working Committee, on Tuesday, said the task before him was the reconciliation of all aggrieved members of the party in the state.
He stated this in an interview with newsmen on his arrival from Abuja at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.
Recall that a factional governorship candidate of the PDP in Ogun State, Mr. Segun Showunmi had protested the presentation of the certificate of return to Adebutu as the party’s gubernatorial candidate for the 2023 election, warning that the PDP in Ogun may not have a flagbearer in the 2023 election.
Adebutu, however, dismissed Showunmi’s threat, saying the PDP in Ogun State remained one big family as it’s committed to ending “the misrule of the APC-led government.”
Adebutu said, “I think now the matter is fully certified. From all intents and purpose, we should be able to move forward like one united family.
“We thank God that for the first time in about 10 years, PDP family has been able to conduct one primary by one panel empowered by the National Working Committee of the party, all forms derived from the panel and that panel has conducted one primary from which we all purchased forms and which we all derived authority to participate.
“We were all duly screened and certified competent to do the primary and we have all contested as members of the party and as such, as members of the party, I would expect that we should remain as one family.
“We would continue to do an inclusive arrangement such that everybody that feels excluded would be included because the work at hand is going to be a very tough one and we are believing God’s willing to be able to get the state out of the misrule of the APC.”
He said the PDP was now in good stead to win the 2023 election, promising to take advantage of the active private sector players in the state to improve its economy and lives of the people.
“We are going to present a clean slate to the private sector to invite them to invest in our state. When people see a genuine system, they would be more willing to invest,” Adebutu said.