Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in Kwara State, Chief Iyiola Akogun, has declared that the party would no longer encourage godfatherism, just as he announced the disbandment of factions within the party.

Oyedepo, who was addressing a state stakeholders' meeting in Ilorin said, over the years, the political affairs of the state had been that of one man playing the godfather, deciding the fate of the state in general, and individuals in particular.

Describing the trend as unfortunate, the chairman said: "Kwara's political contribution to political history has had a negative value in the country.

"It might also be, however, that if this virus will be expunged from our politics in Nigeria, Kwara may have to take a lead now.

"The whole phenomenon of godfatherism is not based on knowledge, wisdom and skill, but on the wrong deployment of money to dominate and control."

Oyedepo disclosed at the meeting that his newlyelected executive inherited only N18,000 from the previous leadership.

He added, however, that on the May 27, at a fund-raising organised for the chapter in Abuja, his leadership had raised over N126m for the party, through a policy of making party faithful financially committed.

The chairman said: "The developing scenario in our party today is that we are trying to jointly contribute to the cooking of the soup so that we can eat it together with pride."

He stressed that the goal of PDP in Kwara was to dislodge the government of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state through a 26 committees.