The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Ekiti State chapter has appointed Engineer Alaba Agboola as the chairman of the party in the State.
The new chairman’s appointment was sequel to the resignation of the former chairman of the party, Hon. Bisi Kolawole who resigned and contested for the party’s governorship election in the just concluded election, won by Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji of the APC.
The appointment of Engineer. Agboola as the substantive State party chairman was part of the resolutions at the State Executive Committee meeting of the party held in Ado Ekiti on Monday to fill the vacuum created.
In a statement jointly signed by the Deputy chairman, Hon.Lanre Omolase, who had been acting as chairman and State secretary, Mrs Funmi Ogun, reads; “At the Exco meeting of the PDP, Ekiti State, which 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 over and above one-third of the total membership of the Exco, deliberated on the need to appoint a substantive Chairman for our Party, in accordance with the Party’s Constitution.
” Article 47(6) of the Constitution of our great Party, the People’s Democratic Party(PDP), provides that: ‘Where a vacancy occurs in any of the offices of the party, the Executive Committee at the appropriate level shall appoint another person from the area or zone where the officer originated from to serve out the tenure of the officer.’
“Accordingly and in view of the resignation of our erstwhile Party Chairman Hon. Bisi Kolawole, who became our party 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 the tenure of our said erstwhile Chairman”
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 organizations, as well as our teeming party members and the general public be immediately notified of the appointment of our new substantive Party Chairman.”
It would be recalled that Engneer Agboola was the chairman of the Ekiti Repositioning Group led by Senator Biodun Olujimi.
Engineer Alaba Agboola hails from Ijero Ekiti.
