The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has appointed Engr Alaba Agboola as the party’s substantive Chairman.
Engr Agboola of Ijero Ekiti will take the place of the party’s previous governorship candidate, Hon Bisi Kolawole, who resigned as state chairman to run for governor.
The appointment of Engr Agboola as substantive state chairman was among the resolutions passed at today’s State Executive Committee meeting in Ado Ekiti.
A statement issued by the Deputy Chairman, Hon Lanre Omolase, who has been acting as Chairman, and the State Secretary, Mrs Funmi Ogun, read:
“At the Exco meeting of the PDP, Ekiti State, which was held at the State Secretariat of the Party, at the instance of the Chairman (Acting) – Hon. Lanre Omolase, on Monday, 4th July, 2022, the quorum at attendance being more than one-third of the total membership of the Exco, we deliberated on the need to appoint a substantive Chairman for our Party, in accordance with the party’s constitution.”
“Article 47(6) of our great Party’s Constitution, the Peoples Democratic Party, states: ‘Where a vacancy occurs in any of the party’s offices, the Executive Committee at the appropriate level shall appoint another person from the area or zone where the officer originated to serve out the officer’s tenure.”
“Accordingly, and in light of the resignation of our erstwhile Party Chairman Hon Bisi Kolawole, who became our party’s flagbearer at the recent Ekiti State Governorship Election, the State executive committee members present deliberated on an appropriate and capable stalwart from the same zone as our erstwhile Chairman and unanimously appointed Hon. Alaba Agboola as substantive Chairman, to serve out the remainder of our said erstwhile Chairman’s tenure.”
“It was also resolved that Hon. Lanre Omolase, the Chairman (Acting), should revert to his elected post as the Deputy Chairman of our party, PDP, Ekiti State, while the National officials of our great party, corporate organisations, as well as our teeming party members and the general public, be immediately notified of the appointment of our new substantive Party Chairman.”
Engr Agboola was the Chairman of the Repositioning Group, a group in the Ekiti State PDP led by Senator Biodun Olujimi.
