The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South West Zone, has disowned a press conference purportedly held in Ibadan on Monday, where some individuals claimed the zone had condemned former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, declared support for Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, and pledged loyalty to the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC).
In a statement issued on Monday, the Zonal Publicity Secretary, Akinloye Oyeniyi, described the event as the handiwork of organised impostors who hold no mandate and do not represent the party at any level.
Oyeniyi stated that the zonal leadership was not even in Ibadan when the alleged press conference took place.
He said the Zonal Chairman, Engr. Deji Doherty, was in Abuja attending the 108th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party, adding that no zonal official held any press briefing in Ibadan. He therefore dismissed the claim as “a barefaced lie.”
He further noted that the group behind the gathering lacked legitimacy, stressing that it did not have a Zonal Vice Chairman, a key position required in any structure claiming to speak for the PDP South West. According to him, those involved are not recognised from ward to national level within the party hierarchy.
“These are the ones whose agenda was to destabilise the party, but they failed. Looking at them, one could see that their group is now a psychiatric ward with no staff. Destabilising elements always end up as wanderers. Karma never forgets, and wickedness by default carries consequences too,” the statement read.
He added that “these ones slung toboggan, and now the stones are expectedly raining on them,” insisting that their actions and theatrics cannot confer legitimacy or acceptance within the party.
The PDP South West reaffirmed its loyalty to the Mohammed Abdulrahman-led National Working Committee (NWC) and to the party’s National Leader, Nyesom Wike, describing that loyalty as unalloyed.
The zone also urged the purported organisers of the press conference to retrace their steps and return through legitimate party channels, warning that no amount of media stunts or propaganda could validate an illegitimate group.
Oyeniyi further advised the public, party members, and the media to disregard the Ibadan press conference entirely, stressing that all official communications from the PDP South West Zone would continue to come only through recognised party structures under Engr. Deji Doherty.
