The zonal executive committee members described Oyinlola as the right fit, in a communiqué signed by Paul T. Olakunle, National Ex-Officio, Comrade Seyi Bamidele, South West Zonal Youth Leader, Tunde Adewoyin, South West Zonal Financial Secretary and Sikiru Araoye.
The communique read: “the zonal Executive Committee members who jointly wrote a strongly worded communique on Friday, 15th September 2021 said “unless one is a stranger in Osun and indeed in the South West will he not support Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola for the position.
“The Zonal Executive reiterated the need for everybody’s support for Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola as a necessary and reasonable decision because there is no achievement anybody can point to in Osun State today as a member of PDP without the mention of the name of Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola.
“The Zonal Executive, however, commended the leadership of the party in the entire Southern Region of the country for counting Osun State worthy of presenting somebody for the position and promised that Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola will handle the precarious situations in the party with utmost diligence and complete sincerity.
“The South West Zonal Executive members therefore appeal to those who were using mushroom adoption of certain persons who just want to enrich their personal pockets from their ignorant financiers to desist and stop polarizing the party for their personal gains and rally round people who are working to ensure that peace reigns supreme in the party and prepare the party for victory ahead of 2022 governorship elections in Anambra, Ekiti and Osun State starting from November, this year.”
Commenting on his adoption, Erelu Olusola Obada, former Deputy Governor of Osun State and former Minister of Defence, said, ” the adoption of Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola by all leaders of thought in Osun State as the sole candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun and the South West for the position of the Deputy National Chairman which was jointly adopted by all leaders of thought in Osun state is a lofty idea that I have no objection to than to give it my full support and endorsement.
