A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi, has resigned from the party.
Ogunbiyi recently withdrew from the race for the 2022 Osun PDP governorship primaries.
He cited bias by the Dr. Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee of the party.
But announcing his exit from the PDP in a letter addressed to Ayu, the chairman, Mutual Benefits Assurance, an insurance company, thanked the PDP national chairman for the “interaction and engagements within the party over the years.”
WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that after an internal wrangling in the PDP over who becomes the flagbearer of the party, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) published Mr Adeleke’s name as the candidate for the party ahead of the governorship election in the state.
The electoral umpire also cleared 14 political parties and their candidates.
The parties and candidates include National Rescue Mission (NRM), Abede Samuel; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke; All Progressives Congress (APC), Adegboyega Oyetola; Social Democratic Party (SDP), Omigbodun Oyegoke; Labour Party (LP), Oyelekan Akingbade; Action Peoples Party (APP), Adebayo Elisha; Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Awoyemi Oluwatayo; and African Action Congress (AAC), Awojide Segun.
Others are Accord, Akande Victor Babalola; Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Adesuyi John Olufemi; Action Democratic Party (ADP), Kehinde Atanda; YoungProgressive Party (YPP), Ademola Adeseye; Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Ayowole Olubusuyi Adedeji; New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Saliu Oyelami; BootParty (BP), Adeleke Aderemi.
The electoral umpire had also stepped three political parties which are; AA, APGA and ADC down for not meeting up with the set guidelines.