By kehinde Emmanuel, ilorin
Oyedepo, who made this known on Wednesday in Ilorin while briefing the press, declared that the PDP executive led by Engr Kola Shittu was illegal.
It may be recalled that Oyedepo, with over 95 per cent of PDP members in Kwara defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) when Senate President Bukola Saraki left APC for PDP.
“It is a well known fact that as from the 1st day of August 2018, I ceased to be the chairman of PDP in Kwara State.
“And since then I have waited in vain that the party, PDP will put its house in proper shape to elect a new executive of the Party in accordance with its well-known provisions of its constitution,” he said.
According to Oyedepo, when a person voluntarily left office as he did, there should be the need for proper handling over of the Party’s properties to those that must take over.
“But there is the need to hand over to lawfully and properly constituted executive of the party.
“It is my considered opinion that the Kwara State Executive of PDP as presently constituted is illegal and cannot be the proper people to whom the properties of the Party can be entruste
“As far as I am concerned, the Engr Kola Shittu led Executive is illegal and not properly constituted in accordance with the extant laws of PDP.
“Nobody in that Executive can come forward to claim the properties of the Party from me,” Oyedepo said.
He therefore advised the party to put its house in order before approaching him for the hand over notes.
Oyedepo noted that when he left PDP, there were still some members of the executive that did not leave him.
According to the APC chieftain, his former youth leader, Alhaji Mahmud Dansofo called him several times that he was instructed by his chairman that he should hand over PDP properties to the new executive.
He said it was the constitution of PDP that when a member of the executive resigned or removed, he should be replaced from his locality.
Oyedepo also said that there still members of the PDP executive in the state that have not be dissolved by the National Executive of the party have.
“I left many other members of the Executive that neither resigned nor the Executive members under me dissolved by the National Executive of PDP.
“Something must be done to make the Executive legal after my departure.
“If that is not done whatever structure is put in place by the PDP in Kwara State is illegal and I cannot do any political business with an illegal body,” Oyedepo added.
