Tag: Olafeso
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Makinde’s Arapaja narrowly beats Fayose’s Olafeso to lead PDP South west
An unexpected political drama nearly happened at the South west PDP Zonal congress on Monday as Eddy Olafeso backed by Ayo Fayose nearly upstaged Mr Taofeeq Arapaja, backed by Governor Seyi Makinde as chairman. Political observers had expected Arapaja to coast home to resounding victory after Fayose took the humble pie and yielded South West…
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Makinde floors Fayose as Arapaja emerges PDP South-West chairman
Mr Taofeeq Arapaja, a former deputy governor of Oyo State, has emerged the South-West Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Gov. Seyi Makinde-backed Arapaja scored 343 votes to emerge the winner at PDP South-West delegates congress held on Monday in Osogbo. He defeated his rival, Mr Eddy Olafeso, the immediate…
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‘Fayose remains PDP’s voice in South-West’
Mr Eddy Olafeso, the immediate past National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in South-West on Sunday said ex-Gov Ayodele Fayose remained a critical voice in the party’s affair in the region. Olafeso made the clarification in Ado-Ekiti during a meeting with the party’s delegates over his Vice Chairmanship aspiration in the coming…