The immediate past National Auditor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Fatai Adewole Adeyanju was blocked from accessing the Eagle Square venue of the convention yesterday.
The party had earlier prevented him from seeking election into the post of National Treasurer by rejecting his nomination papers ostensibly over tax clearance related issues.
Adeyanju, who stood outside the venue for several hours said the screening committee set up by the party for the convention deliberately schemed him out.
He accused Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose of engineering his travail.
According to him, the party’s screening committee rejected his tax clearance certificate even though the document remained valid till December 2017.
The party also said he had no voter card, even when he tendered his valid voter card to the committee.
Displaying the original copy of his valid tax certificate and his voter card to newsmen, Adeyanju lamented that all efforts to make the screening committee see reason proved abortive.
It is believed that Adeyanju is being made to pay for siding with Senator Ali Modu Sheriff during the party’s recent leadership crisis.
He said it was wrong for the party leadership to victimize him on account of whatever role he played in the crisis.
“When there are divisions in the leadership, people follow different groups or individuals. But when the crisis gets resolved, we should all be allowed to join the winning group without victimization,” Adeyanju said.
He threatened to challenge his disqualification in court.
