Consequently, it made it clear that it would be difficult and impissible for it to be speaking on such a sensitive issue without being briefed by those whose responsibilities were to alert and brief the leadership of the Party for necessary actiom.
Speaking in his reaction to the allegations of the Publicity Secretary of the Party in Ekiti State, Comrade Jackson Adebayo on the matter, the National Publicity. Secretary of the Party, Prince Adeyeye in a telephone interview stated that it was his personal principle to remain truthful at all times on any issue and not peddle falsehood in the name of being a spokesman of any organization.
According to him, the matter in question has not been brought to the attention of the party leaders neither was he as an individual in the know of the facts of the matter.
Prince Adeyeye said the allegations raised against him by the Ekiti State Chapter of the Party through its Publicity Secretary, Adebayo, was baseless because the Governor who should notify the party leadership of the development had refused to do so.
According to him, “I don’t wish to respond to this statement but for your insistence. I don’t want to be seen exchanging words with someone like Jackson whom I brought into politics in Ekiti State but now doing the bidding of some persons for pecuniary reasons
“However, I wish to let our party members in Ekiti State know that nobody, neither the Governor nor the State Executive of the in Ekiti state informed the National Caretaker Committee (NCC) of this party of the incident, even though the Governor was in Abuja on Thursday. We only read about it like every other Nigerians, when the newspapers published it
“Issues like this are very sensitive and one should be very careful in saying things that circumstances will force one to retract in a matter of minutes
“The most noble and appropriate thing for those involved to have done is to inform the party leadership and give us appropriate briefing on the issue, but when that’s not done, what do you expect?
“As an individual who have a name to protect, I won’t stake my integrity delving into issues I have no facts about. I have meritoriously served as Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, I’m an accomplished Lawyer and now the spokesman of the PDP, a job I’ve been doing with the collective interest of PDP at heart. I won’t do away with my personal integrity defending what I have no facts about
“I am not like some of them who jump at issues, condemning without having facts at their disposal and then walking away like a shamed dog have its tail between its legs, when their response have been found to be baseless
“I rely on facts and figures before I make conclusions on matters, that is my personal working tool. In the case of the Ekiti State Government officials, I have no facts at my disposal and I won’t bear the blames for their refusal to honour and respect the party leadership by making reports of their challenges as expected from a group of faithful and respectful party members
“As for the insults thrown at me, nothing less is expected from a group of people who have been caged and tutored to be disrespectful to their superiors. I don’t want to say more so that one will not be seen as fighting subordinates who are being disrespectful”.
Adebayo had accused Princess Adeyeye of keeping mute over the arrest of the Officials as the Spokesman of the PDP because of his personal grudge with Governor Ayodele Fayose over the 2018 gubernatorial race
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