At least nine contenders are jostling for the Lagos PDP chairmanship job in today’s congress of the party to hold at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS).
The congress is also holding in eight other states.
In Lagos, following the successful conduct of its ward and local government congresses, the PDP, in Lagos State is now holding its Elective State Congress.
The party in the state had been in tumultuous state after it’s chairman, Moshood Salvador defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The crisis of succession affected the Lagos PDP with the selection of Deji Doherty to take over from Salvador, which was subsequently nullified by the court in favour of Dr. Adegbola Dominic.
Dominic had been the Lagos West Vice Chairman of the party and expected to have been the one to replace Salvador, rather than Doherty.
After Dominic’s death in August, the National Working Committee, NWC, eventually confirmed Alhaji Hassan as the Acting Chairman last week.
The Lagos PDP congress is expected to put the party in a position to challenge the APC in 2023 for the governorship contest of Lagos State which has almost become like the birth right of the APC. .
The leading chairmanship contenders are Dr. Amos Fawole, erstwhile Assistant and Acting Secretary, Niyi Adams, the State Youth Leader, Phillip Aivoji, Dr. Tokunbo Pearse and a host of others.
The electoral committee is led by the Deputy Governor of Benue State, Engr. Benson Abounu, while the Secretary is Senator Abiodun Olujinmi.
In a statement by the PDP South-West General Secretary, Rahman Owokoniran, today, he said that the Congress is expected to be hitch free.
He said: “We have all worked very hard to see that the Congress goes smoothly and we have good contenders vying for all the offices.
“We are certain that the best persons for the offices will emerge to move the Party forward in preparation for 2023.
“I am using this opportunity to wish all contestants the best of luck in Lagos and other states.”
He also advised all contestants to remember that PDP is one big family with a huge task ahead.
He added that the spirit of good sportsmanship is what is expected from all contestants.
“PDP has no winner and no loser,” Owokoniran added.
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