PDP govs clash with elders over Oyinlola, Arapaja as Mimiko’s defection unsettles party in Ondo

  Hours to the commencement of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention, party leaders and governors are worried over the breakdown of the plan to pick officers through consensus. Former Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola has refused to step down for Alhaji Taofeek Arapaja in the race for deputy national chairman (South). Oyinlola is being supported by some founding fathers of the party while Arapaja, the National Vice-Chairman (Southwest), is the candidate of Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde. He is supported by other governors. Because of this situation, governors on the platform of the party met last night. At

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