The South-West chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has petitioned the Lagos State Commissioner of Police and the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) over the crisis rocking the Lagos State chapter of the party.

Recall that Segun Adewale, a former chieftain of the party had stormed the party’s secretariat last week with scores of his supporters to declare himself as the authentic chairman, claiming that Adegbola Dominic ‘s tenure had expired since December, 2018.

However, in a statement issued by the National Vice Chairman (South-West) of the party, Dr. Eddy Olafeso, the party  maintained that Dominic remained the recognized chairman of the party in the state as Adewale had ceased to be a member of the party since last year. The statement read:

“Our attention has been drawn to the purported claim to the office of the Lagos State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by one Segun Adewale (aka Aeroland).

“We wish to categorically state, without fear or favour that the said imposter, Segun Adewale, is not a member of our party.

“It might interest you to know that this individual is the gubernatorial candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the 2018 governorship election of Ekiti State and we do not have any record of him decamping to our party, either in Lagos State or any other state chapter.

“Against the aforementioned, we wish to ask that you kindly use your good offices to maintain peace and order by restraining Segun Adewale from having access to the state headquarters of our party in Lagos State, currently at 56A Adekunle Fajuyi Way, GRA, Ikeja, or any other PDP facility.”