By Olasunkanmi Akoni
ABEOKUTA — The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Elders Council, Ogun State has commended the dissolution of the state Executive Council of Ogun PDP by the national chairman of the party, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, describing it as a right step in the right direction.
The National Working Committee of PDP under the leadership of Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, recently ordered the dissolution of the Executive Council of Ogun State PDP, and called for harmonization of executive positions within the party.

In a statement by Chairman of the Elders Council, Alhaji Sule Onabiyi, the measure would ensure internal democracy among the different groups in the party.

According to the Onabiyi, “we commend the courage of our party national chairman, Nwodo, for taking this decision which is in tandem with the recommendations of the General Ike Nwachukwu (rtd) Reconciliation Committee which the previous national chairman found inexplicably impossible to implement for over a year when we complained of the illegality of the state executive council.

“We see the dissolution as a clear manifestation of the commitment of the national chairman to his promise of ensuring internal democracy as against god-fatherism and imposition of candidates.”

“We further called on the national chairman to remain resolute in his directive that state governors should not visit his house at night which was may have been indirectly linked to what stalled the implementation of the Nwanchukwu committee’s recommendations.”

While pledging loyalty of the Elders of PDP in Ogun State to the national chairman reformist agenda, Onabiyi stated that members of the council will continue to remain loyal party men and women working for the overall electoral victory for the party and not any individual aspiration.