Oladipo to replace Oyinlola as PDP National Secretary

The South-West zone of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed
Adewale Oladipo as the Acting National
Secretary of the party to fill the void left
by the former governor of Osun State,
Olagunsoye Oyinlola.
The appointment was announced over the
weekend at the Extra-Ordinary Zonal
Congress of the party held at La Chateau,
Awolowo Avenue, Bodija, Ibadan where
the nomination of the Professor of
Environment and Earth Sciences from Ile-
Ife, Osun State was affirmed
unanimously.
Commenting on the appointment, the
party’s Zonal Caretaker Chairman, Ishola
Filani said the development was in
obedience to the order of the court which
sacked Oyinlola from office.
In the Court Order through Suit No. FHC/
ABJ/CS/504/2012, the presiding judge
among others directed that “an order is
hereby granted directing the 3rd
defendant (Independent National
Electoral Commission) to rectify the
records of the 2nd defendant (PDP) by
deleting the name of the 1st defendant
(Oyinlola) as the National Secretary of the
2nd defendant.
The congress which had in attendance
party delegates from all the six states of
the zone namely, Oyo, Ogun, Ondo,
Osun, Ekiti and Lagos was also attended
by state party chairmen from all the
states except Lagos State.