PDP Certificate Of Return: Don't Celebrate Your 'Worthless Piece Card' Yet, Segun Showunmi Tells Adebutu

ABEOKUTA - Another governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Otunba Segun Showunmi has described as "worthless piece of card" the Certificate of Return issued to Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu as the party's governorship candidate for 2023 by the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu.

The party had on Tuesday presented certificate of return to Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu as the winner of the Gubernatorial primary election held on 25th May, 2022 at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta in Ogun State.

The PDP National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, while making the presentation at the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja expressed deep appreciation of the NWC to all the candidates of the party and other aspirants on their good conduct that led to peaceful primaries across the country. 

But in his swift response, Showunmi who is also laying claim to the party's governorship ticket following a parallel convention held at the NUJ Secretariat that declared him winner, told Hon. Adebutu not to celebrate over the certificate of return as the court will decide who is the authentic winner.

Showunmi in a four-paragraph message sent to journalists in Abeokuta via his verified WhatsApp handle said, 

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"On the so-called certificate issued on Ogun PDP Governorship. What came to my mind upon hearing that despite the cases before the court on the OGUN PDP governorship primaries, very typical of them, they have gone on to purportedly issue a worthless piece of card to one of the contenders. 

"Please ask them what became of this type of lawless shenanigans they tried it in 2011, they failed, in 2015 they failed, and in 2019 they failed.

"It is too early to celebrate in 2023. Let us wait on the courts. 

"Relax! Efa rabale! This is not a lawless society, APC danced in Zamfara, They ended up with no candidate in Rivers, how much more with a location where they are looking for 100% of Zero."