The senator representing Ogun East, Buruji Kashamu has been appointed as the Chairman of the 42-man Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State.
He is to be deputised by Bayo Dayo, the Chairman of the party in the state, while Semiu Sodipo will serve as the secretary of the committee.
Daily Trust reports that Kashamu-led PDP has been at the loggerhead with the the National Working Committee of the PDP following the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) recognition of candidates’ list submitted by the faction chaired by Dayo against the one submitted by Uche Secondus-led NWC.
Speaking at the inauguration of the committee on Wednesday at the party’s secretariat in Abeokuta, Dayo urged the committee members to work together and ensure that the PDP presidential candidate emerge winner in the 2019 electrons.
He equally vowed to unseat the ruling party in the state come 2019 elections, saying “power of incumbency can’t stop us this time around.”
He said “Our presidential candidate is a man of the people and he is a man that can lead the nation.”