Dokpesi accuses South West BoT of plot to hijack PDP

Broadcast mogul and PDP chairmanship contender, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has accused some members of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) in the South West of planning to hijack the party ahead of its convention.

Some members of the BoT in the region had last week said the board had shutout a former governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel; a former governorship candidate in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje and a former governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, from the chairmanship race.

The South West PDP, however, said the region would reach a consensus on one of the remaining three aspirants: a former minister of Education, Prof. Tunde Adeniran, a former minister of Sports and Special Duties, Prof. Taoheed Adedoja and a former deputy national chairman of the party, Chief Bode George.

Speaking with newsmen yesterday in Abuja shortly after submitting his nomination forms at the PDP national secretariat, Dokpesi said it was wrong for the BoT members in the South West to take such a decision.

“Members of the BoT want to take over the party; some people want to use the BoT to take over the day to day running of the party. Some members of BoT have been going out with some aspirants; they have been meeting delegates and stakeholders of the party.

“They were peddling rumour that the BoT has endorsed some aspirants as their choice for national chairman. But we know that the BoT has not met,” he said.