A chieftain of the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Segun Adewale, popularly known as Aeroland, has insists he remains chairman of the party till 2021.
Adewale who made the claim while speaking with journalists in Lagos, on Saturday,said the party national leaders of the party advised him to step aside for Moshood Salvador .
He said :“I am the authentic PDP chairman in Lagos. I only stepped aside for Salvador after the national leadership of the party asked me to do so.
Adewale alleged that the current occupier of the position, Dr. Adegbola Dominic, has been sacked.
Adewale, was a factional chairman of the party in the state during the national leadership tussle between Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and former Governor Ahmed Makarfi in 2017.
He said he was back to the leadership position to build the party into a strong platform ahead of the 2023 general elections in the country.
According to him, the Supreme Court had, on July 12, 2017 sacked Sheriff, affirming Makarfi as the national chairman, but quickly added that the court judgment did not sack him as state chairman and that his tenure would only expire in 2021.
He added that Dominic’s tenure was for a period of three months which had since expired last December.
“When Salvador left for APC, I made attempts to step in to continue, but there were appeals from all corners that election was underway and that I should allow somebody from the George-led group to occupy the position in the interim, for a period of three months.”
Adewale further alleged that Dominic, who he said was backed by the former Deputy National Chairman of PDP, Chief Olabode George, to replace Salvador, had further factionalised the party through appointment of his own chairmen in all the wards and local government areas in the state.
