Oyinlola Reinstated As PDP National Secretary

Former Governor of Osun State,
Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has
been reinstated as National
Secretary of the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), according to
information just reaching News
Express.
Breaking the news to News Express,
Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze,
National Publicity Secretary of the
New Peoples Democratic Party
(nPDP), which is out to oust the PDP
leadership under Alhaji Bamanga
Tukur, said: “This is good news. It
shows that we are on the right track.
We expect Bamanga Tukur and his
illegal National Working Committee
to also be removed soon so that
Prince Oyinlola can operate on a
clean slate.”
News Express is yet to get details of
the court ruling.
It would be recalled that Justice
Abdul Kafarati of the Abuja Division
of the Federal High Court had on
September 27 ordered PDP and the
Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) to delete
Oyinlola’s name from their records
as the National Secretary of the PDP.
Ruling on a motion on notice that
was filed before the court by the
Ogun State chapter of the PDP,
Justice Kafarati, directed the party
and the electoral body to rather
recognise one Professor Adewale
Oladapo, who it said was duly
nominated by the Southwest PDP
extra-ordinary zonal congress held
in Ibadan, Oyo State, on July 13 this
year.
Besides, Justice Kafarati who noted
that the High Court had on January
11, sacked Oyinlola from office and
ordered a fresh PDP Zonal Congress
in the South-West region of the
country, said the order remained
valid till July 13.
The Judge maintained that having
gone through all the documents
tendered before the court by the
plaintiffs, led by PDP National
Chairman in Ogun State, Mr
Adebayo Dayo and the Secretary, Mr
Semiu Sodipo, he was satisfied that
Prof Oladipo was validly nominated
by the congress to replace Oyinlola
in office.
While granting the plaintiffs’ prayers,
the Judge, dismissed Oyinlola’s
argument that the court had become
funtus officio on the matter, having
earlier delivered a judgment in the
case.
Justice Karafati said the plaintiff’s
application was neither meant to re-
open the case nor effect changes to
the earlier judgment, but aimed at
regularising the steps taken in
compliance with the judgment.
On Oyinlola’s argument that the
court could no longer consider the
application because he had
appealed the judgment, the judge
held that the application would have
no effect on the judgment and the
pending appeal.
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