PDP elects 25-year-old man as youth leader, Oyinlola loses

A 25-year-old man, Muhammed Suleiman, has been elected the national youth leader of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Suleiman, who polled 3,072 votes at the PDP national convention concluded early Sunday morning, is from Kaduna State.

He defeated Usman Elkudan, who scored 219 votes at the PDP contest.

According to Suleiman, he is just two years older than the PDP, which was established in 1998.

The newly elected youth leader said his emergence would help the party to restore its image to the vision of the PDP founding fathers.

“I’m Mohammed Kadade Suleman. I’m 25 years old, barely two years older than our beloved party,” he had said in a video.

“I symbolise both the content and character of the office I’m vying for. Over the years, our great party — PDP — has been the subject of mockery and ridicule by the opposition, especially when persons considered to be old bred emerge as our national youth leaders.

“I have a strong belief and conviction that without a strong visionary youth leadership to mobilise the youth no strategy will be executed effectively.”

A former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, lost the position of the deputy national chairman (south) with 705 votes, while a former deputy governor of Oyo State, Taofeek Arapaja, polled 2,004 votes.