Dr. Abubakar Bukola, former Senate President and PDP chieftain has felicitated with\u00a0Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja on his emergence as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South-West Zonal Chairman.<\/p>\n
Recall that Arapaja who is the preferred candidate of the Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde defeated his opponent, Dr. Eddy Olafeso with a total vote of 343 votes as against\u00a0his opponent\u2019s 330 votes yesterday.<\/p>\n
Reacting, Saraki, in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Tuesday, wished Arapaja and all the new zonal executives all the best.<\/p>\n
Saraki\u2019s tweet read, \u201cI congratulate the leaders and stakeholders of our great party, @OfficialPDPNig, for the successful conclusion of the @OfficialPDPNig South-West Zonal Congresses yesterday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI also congratulate Amb. Taofeek Arapaja, who was returned as the South-West Zonal Chairman of the @OfficialPDPNig, and all the new zonal executives of our party in the region.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs you all prepare to embark on your respective assignments in the zonal EXCO, I wish you all the best. It is my hope that you will all continue to work towards the ongoing reformation and repositioning of our great party.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the winner, Arapaja, thanked all his supporters for the love and for casting their votes in his favour.<\/p>\n
In his words, \u201cI was moved by what the delegates did, including former governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe assured that with the victory achieved, he was going to work with his opponent in ensuring that the PDP is repositioned to dominate the South West and the national.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dr. Abubakar Bukola, former Senate President and PDP chieftain has felicitated with\u00a0Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja on his emergence as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South-West Zonal Chairman. Recall that Arapaja who is the preferred candidate of the Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde defeated his opponent, Dr. Eddy Olafeso with a total vote of 343 votes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":10906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[923,89,922,5436],"class_list":["post-20948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-ayodele-fayose","tag-bukola-saraki","tag-peoples-democratic-party","tag-taofeek-arapaja"],"yoast_head":"\n