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Ayu Emerges Chairman, Arapaja As Deputy As PDP Elects New NWC

Iyorchia Ayu, a former senate president, has been elected as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ayu, who was earlier adopted as the consensus candidate for the position, won the election unchallenged with 3,426 votes. Taofeek Arapaja, a former deputy governor of Oyo state, has also emerged as deputy national chairman (south). Arapaja polled 2,004 votes to defeat…

Arapaja Defeats Oyinlola To Emerge Deputy As PDP Elects New NWC

A former senate president, Iyorchia Ayu has been elected as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. WITHIN NIGERIA assembled that Ayu who was earlier adopted as the consensus candidate for the position, won the election unchallenged with 3,426 votes. It was also gathered that a former deputy governor of Oyo, Taofeek Arapaja emerged as deputy national chairman…

Bose Adedibu Tasks SW PDP Members On Unity, Drums Support For Arapaja As Deputy National Chairman

The People Democratic Party, South West, Women Leader, Alhaja Bose Adedibu had called on the members of the party in the South-West to close rank and attend the national convention of the party in unison and with unity of purpose. Alhaja Adedibu who made this advice during a brief encounter with Journalists at the Ibadan Airport recently said that ‘ all our propositions and prayers at the…

Why We Overlooked Over-Voting At PDP South West Congress- Ayodele Fayose

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has said he and others chose to overlook over-voting at the PDP Southwest zonal congress because of the interest of the party. In the election held on Monday, Governor Seyi Makinde’s candidate, Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja narrowly defeated Fayose’s candidate, Dr. Eddy Olafeso to become the PDP Chairman, Southwest. Arapaja polled 343 votes to defeat…

Makinde floors Fayose as Arapaja emerges PDP South-West chairman

A former deputy governor of Oyo State, Mr Taofeeq Arapaja, has emerged as the South-West Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Seyi Makinde-backed Arapaja scored 343 votes to emerge the winner at the PDP South-West delegates congress held on Monday in Osogbo. He defeated his rival, Mr Eddy Olafeso, the immediate past Zonal Chairman and…

Former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola and ex-Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja, on Wednesday, officially rejoined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Oyinlola and Arapaja together with other political bigwigs rejoined PDP at a convention held in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.

The occasion dedicated PDP Southwest Zonal Unification Rally was held in Mapo…