The Peoples Redemption Party in Oyo State organized her state’s congress on Saturday, 13th November, 2021 at Ifesowapo Primary School Play Ground, Boluwaji Area of Ibadan, Oyo State.
Present at the Congress were all accredited delegates across the state, the outgoing interim executive officers, party members and INEC Officials.
The congress started around 12.30pm with opening prayers and National Anthem.
The introduction of delegates and all contestants was conducted on zonal basis. All the political zones in Oyo State were all well represented.
The outgoing interim party chairman in the state in the person of Aremo Adeola Adepoju gave his speech at the event. He said the party in Oyo State just lost one of its executive officers, the interim state’s secretary, Mr. Marufh Bello and if not that the congress is extremely compulsory for the party to move on, we wouldn’t have organised the congress at the moment. He said the demise of our interim party secretary calls for a sober reflection that one day we shall all answer the same call. The congress stood up to observe a minute silence and prayed for the departed soul.
The outgoing interim organizing secretary of the party in person of Hon. Oladimeji Abbas Olajide talked about the vision and mission of the party. He spoke further about the founding fathers of this great party, the late Abubakar Rimi, Balarabe Musa and the host of them.
He emphasised that PRP being the oldest political party in Nigeria has come a long way.
The list of contestants was read according to their respective zones and local government.
The Oyo State PRP elected all the new Excos through the process of affirmation. The affirmation was done and the party delegates unanimously returned the interim state’s chairman as newly substantive party chairman in the person of Aremo Adeola Adepoju.
The party also through affirmation confirmed the interim organizing secretary as the newly substantive organizing secretary in the person of Hon. Oladimeji Abbas Olajide.
In the same vein, we have Prince Taiwo Ayoola as the substantive Secretary to the party in Oyo State, Mrs Ayobami Adekunle as the Woman Leader and Hon. Dayo Malomo as the Youth Leader.
The party fielded sixteen (16) positions for the executive officers cutting across all the political zones in Oyo State.
The team leader of INEC Officials at the event, Mr. Kabir Alagbe encouraged all and sundry to go for their voters registration exercise. He advised that all political parties should embrace internal democracy and always allow the will of people to prevail.
The INEC Officials at the congress witnessed, ascertained and confirmed the process of affirmation that brought the emergence of the new Sixteen (16) Peoples Redemption Party executive officers in Oyo State.
In his closing remarks and votes of thanks, the newly emerged state’s secretary, Prince Taiwo Ayoola encouraged all the party faithfuls to work tirelessly to ensure we are able to present credible candidates in the forthcoming elections in 2023. The newly emerged state’s secretary said with hard work and God on our side, we shall take over Oyo State government from PDP in 2023.
The Congress came to close with prayers.