PDP ignores Makinde, picks Governor Diri to lead guber campaign in Osun

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri as the chairman of the it’s campaign council in Osun State.

The appointment of the 128-member campaign council for the July 16 governorship election was announced in a statement signed by PDP National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature.

While it’s customary most times to pick a governor from the zone where the election is holding, the PDP shunned Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, going for Diri instead.

WesternPost gathered that the decision not to pick Makinde might not be unconnected with his inability to function during this month’s governorship election in Ekiti State.

Makinde was the Chairman of PDP Campaign Council in Ekiti but he didn’t lead any campaign in the state.

Unlike the APC that hosted a mega rally in Ado Ekiti that was attended by its Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and eight governors of the party, PDP didn’t host mega rally to woo voters in Ekiti and strengthen its support base in the election where its candidate lost and came a distant third to APC’s Biodun Oyebanji who won the election.

The Campaign Committee is expected to be inaugurated on Wednesday, at the National Headquarters of the party in Abuja.

Full list of the campaign council are:

1 H.E. DUOYE DIRI – CHAIRMAN

2 H.E. ENGR. SEYI MAKINDE – MEMBER

3 H.E. RT. HON. AMINU WAZIRI TAMBUWAL – MEMBER

4 H.E. DR. OKEZIE IKPEAZU – MEMBER

5 H.E. CHIEF BARR. NYESOM WIKE,CON – MEMBER

6 H.E. EMMANUEL UDOM – MEMBER

7 H.E. RT. HON. IFEANYI UGWUANYI – MEMBER

8 H.E. ARCH. DARIUS ISHAKU – MEMBER

9 H.E. DR. SAMUEL ORTOM – MEMBER

10 H.E. GODWIN OBASEKI – MEMBER

11 H.E. RT. HON. AHMADU UMARU FINTIRI – MEMBER

12 H.E. SEN. BALA ABDULKADIR MOHAMMED – MEMBER

13 SEN. TANIMU PHILIP ADUDA – MEMBER

14 H. E. AMB. TAOFEEK ARAPAJA – MEMBER

15 SEN. SAMUEL N. ANYANWU – MEMBER

16 ARCH. SETONJI KOSHEODO – MEMBER

17 HON. OLASOJI ADAGUNODO – MEMBER

18 CHIEF DR. ALI OBASI ODEFA – MEMBER

19 CHIEF DAN OSI ORBIH – MEMBER

20 HON. DEBO OLOGUNAGBA – MEMBER

21 PROF. STELLA EFFA-ATTOE – MEMBER

22 KAMALDEEN ADEYEMI AJIBADE, SAN – MEMBER

23 PRINCE MOHAMMED KADADE SULEIMAN – MEMBER

24 H.E. PRINCE OLAGUNSOYE OYINLOLA – MEMBER

25 H.E. SEN. DR. BUKOLA SARAKI – MEMBER

26 H. E. CHIEF OLUSEGUN MIMIKO – MEMBER

27 H.E. RT. HON. EMEKA IHEDIOHA, CON – MEMBER

28 CHIEF SHUAIBU OYEDOKUN – MEMBER

29 DR. PRINCE CHARLES AKITOYE – MEMBER

30 H.E. SEN. BIODUN OLUJIMI – MEMBER

31 EYITAYO JEGEDE, SAN – MEMBER

32 IGP SOLOMON ARASE (rtd) – MEMBER

33 ELDER YEMI AKINWONMI – MEMBER

34 MAJ.-GEN. S.N. NZE (rtd) – MEMBER

35 DR. EDDY OLAFESO – MEMBER

36 CHIEF MRS. ADUKE MAINA – MEMBER

37 HON. OLADIPUPO ADEBUTU – MEMBER

38 HON. ADEKOYA ADESEGUN ABDUL-MAJEED – MEMBER

39 CHIEF SEGUN SHOWUNMI – MEMBER

40 SEN. AYO AKINYELURE – MEMBER

41 SEN. NICHOLAS TOFOWOMO – MEMBER

42 BRIG.-GEN. AUGUSTINE OKHOMEH ODIDI (rtd) – MEMBER

43 SEN. ADENIGBA FADAHUNSI – MEMBER

44 HON. TAJUDEEN YUSUF AYO – MEMBER

45 MS. DEBBY NICOL – MEMBER

46 HON. AKINJO VICTOR KOLADE – MEMBER

47 HON. IKENGBOLU GBOLUGA DELE – MEMBER

48 BRIG-GEN. A.H. SAAD – MEMBER

49 ABUBAKAR MOHAMMED IBRAHIM – MEMBER

50 BRIG-GEN. A.S. MORMONI BASHIR (rtd) – MEMBER

51 HON. BAMIDELE SALAM – MEMBER

52 HON. AJILESORO ABIMBOLA TAOFEEK – MEMBER

53 HON. OKE OLUWOLE BUSAYO – MEMBER

54 HON. ABASS ADIGUN ADEKUNLE – MEMBER

55 HON. OLAJIDE ADEDEJI STANLEY – MEMBER

56 HON. OLUYEMI ADEWALE TAIWO – MEMBER

57 HON. OLATUNJI ABIOLA SHOYINKA – MEMBER

58 HON. AJOKPA OGHENE EMMANUEL – MEMBER

59 HON. TAJUDEEN A. OBASA – MEMBER

60 SEN. OLUWOLE ALABI – MEMBER

61 MAJ.GEN. GARBA AUDU (RTD) – MEMBER

62 CHIEF DR. JOSEPH ERICO – MEMBER

63 ALH. TAJUDEEN OLADIPO – MEMBER

64 ALH. FATAI AKINADE AKINBADE – MEMBER

65 PRINCE DOTUN BABAYEMI – MEMBER

66 ALH. MUNEER OGUNDIPE – MEMBER

67 HON. ABAYOMI OJO-SEGUN – MEMBER

68 HON. FUNMISO BABARINDE – MEMBER

69 HON. ADEWALE ARIBISALA – MEMBER

70 HON. DAYO OGUNGBENRO – MEMBER

71 HON. SIKIRULAI OGUNDELE – MEMBER

72 HON. FATAI ADAMS – MEMBER

73 DR. ADEKUNLE AKINDELE – MEMBER

74 HON. AIVOJI PHILIP OLABODE – MEMBER

75 MR. OMOLASE LANRE – MEMBER

76 DR. BODE IWALOYE – MEMBER

77 ENGR. CLEMENT FABOYEDE – MEMBER

78 SEN. DINO MELAYE – MEMBER

79 H.E. ERELU OLUSOLA OBADA – MEMBER

80 CHIEF ADEWALE FATONA – MEMBER

81 DR. ADEDIRAN A. OLAJIDE (JANDOR) – MEMBER

82 TONY OLOGUNAGBA – MEMBER

83 BARR. IKARE LAWRENCE – MEMBER

84 SHUAIB YAMAN ABDULLAHI – MEMBER

85 MRS. TITI OJO – MEMBER

86 ALH. LIMAN I. KANTIGI – MEMBER

87 NURUDEEN RASHEED – MEMBER

88 MRS. DARAMOLA BIMPE – MEMBER

89 NURU SHEHU (MEDIA) – MEMBER

90 EDOH SHEIDU IDRIS ERIC – MEMBER

91 DEMOLA OLANREWAJU – MEMBER

92 MS. BIOLA SONAIKE – MEMBER

93 CHIEF ADEWALE FATONA – MEMBER

94 OLAYINKA SOTADE – MEMBER

95 MR. SOLOMON ADENIYI – MEMBER

96 MRS. AUGUSTIN OGAR – MEMBER

97 DR. MRS. RONKE OGUNREMI – MEMBER

98 OYEWUNMI KAMORUDEEN OLALERE – MEMBER

99 OLUBIYI OLUWOLE FADEYI – MEMBER

100 REV. BUNMI JENYO – MEMBER

101 MOMOH JIMOH – MEMBER

102 RT. HON. JUMOKE AKINDELE – MEMBER

103 HON. DR. ALABA OJOMO – MEMBER

104 RT. HON. BOYELAYEFA DEBEKEME – MEMBER

105 HON. GABRIEL ONYEWIFE – MEMBER

106 RT. HON. TONYE ISENAH – MEMBER

107 HON. AYIBA DUBA – MEMBER

108 BASHORUN BANJO ABITOGUN – MEMBER

109 HON. USMAN MUSA – MEMBER

110 MR. AKINSOLA POPOOLA – MEMBER

111 HON. TOPE ALADESUYI – MEMBER

112 BARR. NIYI OWOLADE – MEMBER

113 OTUNBA FEMI CARERRA – MEMBER

114 BARR. FUNKE LAWANI – MEMBER

115 BARR. SUPO IJABADENIYI – MEMBER

116 HON. MICHAEL ADARA – MEMBER

117 HON. SAMUEL OGUNYEMI – MEMBER

118 MRS. FUNMILOLA – MEMBER

119 SIMON IMOBO-TSWAM – MEMBER

120 HON. OGUNSE OMOGOYOSI – MEMBER

121 HON. BENSON AMUWA – MEMBER

122 CHIEF (MRS) AYO AWOLOWO – MEMBER

123 DR B.T. SALAMI – MEMBER

124 ENGR. ADETOYE OGUNGBOYEGA – MEMBER

125 ALH. RAZAQ OYELANI – MEMBER

126 HON. SAMUEL AJISAFE – MEMBER

127 MS. OLUCHI NWOSU (Adiela) – MEMBER

128 TOMBRA B. JUMBO – ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY