Oyo SDP suspends gov candidate, secretary

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Oyo SDP suspends gov candidate, secretary

The Social Democratic Party in Oyo State has suspended its governorship candidate in the March 18 governorship election, Michael Lana, and the party secretary, Idowu Owokoya, for alleged anti-party activities.

Their suspension was conveyed via a letter signed by the Oyo State Chairman of the SDP, Michael Okunlade, and addressed to the party’s national headquarters in Abuja on Friday.

The PUNCH reports that the party executive and its governorship candidate had disagreements a few days before the election over whom to collapse the structure of the SDP for between Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party and Teslim Folarin of the All Progressives Congress in the state.

“After reviewing the activities of Lana, the gubernatorial candidate in the just-concluded general elections, and the secretary of the party during and after the elections, the whole house resolved as follows:

“That Lana be suspended from the party for anti-party activities. (He has) no substantial contribution to the party. The state secretary, Owokoya, be suspended for indiscipline, insubordination, and dropping the name of the national secretary to destabilise the party.

“In line with the party constitution, we, therefore, wish to forward the resolution of the party for your office’s approval to suspend both Lana and Owokoya. The party also resolved that Ajibola Adeniyi of Lagelu Local Government under the Oyo Central secretarial district would replace Owokoya in an acting capacity.

“The meeting was held on March 31, 2023, in our state office. It comprises members of state executives and the local government chairmen,” a copy of the letter read.