This position was contained in a communiqué signed by the Chairman, South West Caretaker Committee of PDP, Chief Ishola Filani at the end of a meeting of the Forum.
“After carefully x-raying the President’s qualities
and in view of the fact that he is constitutionally qualified to seek
re-election, the forum unanimously endorsed him for a second term in 2015,” the
communiqué reads.
While passing a vote of confidence in the
transformation agenda of Jonathan and the leadership role of the National
Chairman of the PDP, the forum passed same on the PDP National Working
Committee, as well as its Zonal Caretaker Committee.
The forum commended the President on the measures
so far taken in combating the current security challenges in the country and
agreed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo should be the grand patron of
the PDP in the South West.
It agreed to work as an entity for the success of
the PDP in all forthcoming elections in Nigeria, starting with the 2014
governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun, to the presidential and general
elections in 2015.The South West PDP approved the setting up of the PDP
Southwest Stakeholders Council under the Chairmanship of Sen. Lekan Balogun.
Earlier in his remarks, Filani said that the
meeting was part of efforts to reconcile the factions of the party in all the
states in the South West.”This meeting is also to reposition our party for
electoral success in our zone,” he said.
Former Minister for Works, Sen. Seye Ogunlewe;
former Ekiti State Governor, Chief Ayo Fayose; Sen Ayo Arise, Sen Isiaka
Adeleke, Dr Olu Alabi, Lekan Balogun and Dr Ade Dosunmu, attended the
meeting.Others in attendance were, Sen. Bode Olowoporoku, Chief Yomi Fini, Mr
Jide Adeniji, Prof. Julius Idowu and Chief Dave Salako.
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