The chairman of the electoral committee for the 2025 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ward congress in Osun State, Dr Samuel Omotoso, has assured party members of adequate security across all 214 wards where the exercise is taking place.
Addressing returning officers at the PDP State Secretariat in Osogbo on Saturday, Omotoso explained that the congress would only hold in wards where the tenure of executives had expired, to avoid a vacuum in party structures.
“We are conducting ward congresses in 214 out of the 332 wards because when it concerns a large community, logistics and other challenges arise. Officials being elected today will serve a four-year term, which is why this exercise differs from the one held in 2023,” Omotoso said.
Also speaking, Osun PDP chairman Sunday Bisi assured party members of a hitch-free process, noting that robust security arrangements had been put in place.
“On Friday, I met with the Commissioner of Police, who instructed DPOs in affected local governments to provide security. The DSS, Amotekun, Civil Defence, and other agencies are also involved. Security will be tight across the state,” Bisi said.
The exercise appears to mark a turning point for the Osun PDP, which has been dogged by factional crises in its ward congresses since November 2017.
Meanwhile, the party in Ife Federal Constituency recently announced a reconciliation among stakeholders following a vote of no confidence passed earlier this month against Deputy Governor Kola Adewusi, former National Secretary Prof Wale Oladipo, and Ife East PDP chairman Olasunkanmi Makinde.
Speaking after a stakeholders’ meeting in Ile-Ife, Adewusi dismissed concerns of division, saying the disagreements were now resolved.
“We have forgotten the past and turned over a new leaf. PDP is united; there is no division. Even the tongue and mouth sometimes disagree, but today everything has been resolved. It’s a storm in a teacup,” he said.
The reconciliation, backed by Governor Ademola Adeleke and other party leaders, has been hailed as a step toward strengthening unity ahead of fu
