The Ahmed Makarfi faction of Ondo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on former Commissioner for Environment Chief Sola Ebiseni to stop his “misguided” utterances against the party.
In a report, Ebiseni criticised the factional primary held in Ibadan and the one held in Akure.
Ebiseni participated in the Ali Modu Sheriff faction’s primary, where he was defeated by businessman Jimoh Ibrahim.
The Publicity Secretary of the Makarfi faction, Banji Okunomo, noted that it was wrong for Ebiseni to have described the party’s primary as “illegal and undemocratic”.
Okunomo argued that the mainstream of the PDP in Ondo State held its primary on August 22 in Akure, which produced Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) as its standard bearer.
He noted that the primary was democratic and followed all the legal procedures as stipulated in the party’s constitution.
The PDP spokesman noted that an attestation to the legality and constitutionality of the PDP primary held in Akure was the manner in which the other aspirant with which Jegede contested, Saka Lawal, accepted the result of the election and congratulated the winner.
Okunomo cautioned Ebiseni against over-ambition, which, he claimed, is making him to ‘approbate and reprobate’ at the same time.
He noted that Ebiseni’s position is a confirmation of the initial stand of the party that the Sheriff faction and its dealings were illegal.
Okunomo maintained that Ebiseni’s action portrayed him as a desperate person, who is only concerned about his personal gains.
He said if Ebiseni had emerged as the product of the primary that was organised in Ibadan, he would not have come out to describe the process as illegal.
His words: “When Ebiseni was serving as a commissioner for two consecutive terms under the present administration and when he served as the governor’s nominee at the 2014 National Conference, nothing was wrong with Governor Segun Mimiko. But the war started when he failed to secure the governor’s endorsement.
“Now, Ebiseni has the courage to describe the governor as an autocrat when all he ever wanted was the governor to pick him as the anointed candidate of the party.”
