The Peoples Democratic Party, Osun State chapter on Friday, suspended a factional party's governorship candidate, Dotun Babayemi.
News Hunter reports that Babayemi was not only suspended but his ward, Otun Balogun ward 2, Ayedaade Local Government, Gbongan was also suspended.
Recall, that Babayemi emerged as the candidate for a parallel governorship primary of PDP, while the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) identified Senator Ademola Adeleke, who emerged as governor-elect, as a candidate of the party.
He was, however, expelled from the PDP over alleged anti-party activities.
News Hunter gathered that the governorship candidate is currently seeking justice as regards the controversy surrounding who the authentic gubernatorial candidate of the party is in the state.
The pronouncement was made by the Ward Executive members of Otun Balogun 2, during a press briefing at the state party secretariat in Osogbo.
The Secretary of the Ward, Ogunleye Bukayo, who read the address on behalf of the Ward EXCO, noted that the factional governorship candidate was expelled as a result of a petition filed against him by some party members.
According to Ogunleye, the Ward Executive Committee of the party at its meeting on 20th July 2022, received the report of the disciplinary committee, and after careful and extensive deliberations ratified the report of the disciplinary committee.
"The Ward Executive Committee of the Party in the exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 57(2) and 59 (1) (g) of the constitution of PDP hereby remove and expel Prince Dotun Babayemi from the Peoples Democratic Party. He, therefore, ceases to be a member of the PDP henceforth."
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