Southwest PDP : we’re confident in Obasanjo

THE Southwest Zone of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) has passed a
vote of confidence in former President
Olusegun Obasanjo.
It said the former President is a strong
pillar of the party in the country.
The PDP Caretaker Committee Chairman
in the zone , Chief Ishola Filani, spoke at
the party’s rally in Ijebu - Igbo, Ogun
State .
Also , the PDP Zonal Secretary, Chief
Pegba Otemolu , has denied the alleged
exclusion of the ex- President in the
affairs of the party.
At the rally , some members of
opposition parties defected into the
PDP .
Present at the event were the Osun PDP
Chairman , Alhaji Gani Olaoluwa; his Oyo
State counterpart, Yinka Taiwo; Ogun
PDP Chairman, Adebayo Dayo and
Prince Buruji Kashamu.
Others include Kayode Amusan, Elder
Yemi Akinwonmi , Otunba Leke Adekoya ,
Mrs. Abosede Ogunleye and Alhaji
Agboola Alausa .
Filani said the Southwest PDP leadership
and state chapters in the zone had
implicit confidence in Obasanjo , who ,
according to him, has made the people
in Yorubaland proud with his
achievements both as a former military
and civilian leader .
He said : “ Obasanjo is the only person
who was head of state under the
military , who was twice president as
civilian president and who has
continued all over the world to look for
peace and ensure that governments
internationally are in order.
“ I, on behalf of the six states in the
Southwest PDP, tell the whole world
that the PDP in the Southwest pass vote
of confidence on him . We have implicit
confidence in Baba Obasanjo as our
father and leader. ”