Adeniran, south-west consensus candidate, storms out of convention venue in anger

Tunde Adeniran, a chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has walked out of Eagle Square, venue of the ongoing convention in anger.

Four aspirants had stepped down to endorse him as the consensus candidate in the south-west region.

Speaking through Taiwo Keju, his publicity director, Adeniran called for the cancellation of the exercise.

Adeniran said he was against the use of “unity list” for the convention.

The list has the names of some candidates and their positions.

He also accused Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, and Ayodele Fayose, his Ekiti state counterpart, of hijacking the process.

“We reject the entire electoral process of December 9, 2017. The election has been grossly compromised to achieve a predetermined end in line with the illegal unity list prepared by Governor Wike and Ayodele Fayose and foisted on the entire delegates,” he said.

“Consequently, we submit that this election is a sham and the result therefrom is unacceptable. We reject it in its entirety.

“We consider this so-called election as a travesty of democracy and due process, which further entrenches the culture of impunity that has done a great damage to the party in the past.

“Our position is also that this election should be cancelled and the entire leadership of the party should be handed over to the Board of Trustees which we regard as the conscience of the party, to organise a credible election for the party in due course.”

The list has Uche Secondus, a former acting chairman of the PDP, as head of the party.