Ekiti State PDP Chairman, Bisi Kolawole resigns

Emmanuel AmudaSeptember 23, 2021

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The chairman of the Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Otunba Bisi Kolawole, has resigned from his position.

Kolawole, in a letter dated September 23 and was cited by Newsflash Nigeria in Ado Ekiti on Thursday and addressed to the acting national chairman of the PDP, said that he resigned for pursuing his governorship ambition.

The letter which was titled “Letter of Resignation” was copied to the state publicity secretary of the party, the chairman of the party in Efon Local Government Area and his ward chairman.

The chairman handover to the Deputy Chairman of the party, Hon Lanre Omolase, popularly known as Molar, to act as acting state chairman of the party.

Meanwhile, Kolawole resigned in order to participate fully in the governorship race in the state.

In February, the Fayose group, otherwise known as Osoko People’s Assembly (OPA) had endorsed Bisi Kolawole as his preferred candidate of the group.

In May, the former governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose, led Otunba Bisi Kolawole to the palace of Efon Alaaye, Oba Samuel Adeniran Asusumasa Atewogboye II and presented the chairman to the Monarch.

Kolawole, from Efon Alaaye in the Ekiti Central Senatorial District, was a former House of Assembly member from 2007 to 2011 and Commissioner for Environment under the administration of Fayose between 2015 and 2018.

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Recall that the party had fixed the date for the conduct of the 2022 governorship primary election in Ekiti State.

The party governorship primary election will take place on January 28, 2022, to elect the PDP candidate.

Newsflash Nigeria had earlier reported that the sale of the nomination forms commences September 13 with the sales of Expression of Interest (EoI) and Nomination Forms and the last date for the sale of the forms is September 30 while Tuesday, October 5, 2021, is the last date for the submission of forms.

The nomination forms cost each aspirant the sum of N20 million, while N1 million will be paid for the expression of interest form.

Also, the PDP will screen all the aspirants to ensure their eligibility on October 11.

The certificates of eligibility will be given to those who qualify to contest the governorship primary election.

The appeal committee for those disqualified by the screening committee will take place on October 25.

The election of ward congresses to elect the three-man ad-hoc delegates will commence on Friday, January 7 to Saturday, January 8, 2022, while the local government congresses to elect one National Delegates as well as one person living with disability from each local government area in the state have been scheduled to hold on Saturday, January 15, 2022.

The governorship primary election will take place on January 28, 2022.

Meanwhile, two of the aspirants, Segun Oni, former governor of the state and Lateef Ajijola had obtained the Expression of Interest (EoI) and Nomination Forms.