The embattled chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Osun State, Hon Soji Adagunodo, on Friday took over the party secretariat in the Osogbo capital of the state.
Newsmen report that an Osun State High Court sitting in Ikirun on Tuesday, November 3 reinstated Hon. Soji Adajunodo as the chairman of the People Democratic Party (PDP) following a motion Exparte by the Adagunodo’s counsel, Edmund Biriomoni, in suit number HIK/25/2020 filed before Justice Saka Falola sought for seven reliefs from the respondents four respondent including the substantive chairman, Mr Sunday Bisi.
Adagunodo in the company of his supporters stormed the party secretariat around 1:30 PM on Friday greeted party members that were inside the premises.
Addressing journalists after he took over the secretariat, Hon Adagunodo said, the crisis is a family affair and it will be resolved. He said he has served all the defendants the order of the court.
His words: “I am here today to resume work as Chairman Osun PDP chapter. I have been consulting the leadership and other stakeholders of the party since Tuesday. We have a court session on Monday and after that, we will have a series of leadership meetings at the secretariat on Monday and you know it won’t be proper for me to come on Monday. I come here now to see what I can do.”
Reacting to the incident, the substantive chairman, Mr Sunday Bisi in a statement described the resumption of Adagundo as an invasion.
He said, “It is expected that Adagunodo, having hitherto chosen the path of civility by going to court with his grievances, would respect letters of the order he got at the state High Court. It is also expected in clear terms that he would effect proper service of the order on all parties concerned, even in his desperate bid to effect the spirit of the order. It is an invasion.”
