Obasanjo Shuns PDP Peace Meeting Again


Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his loyalists in the South West PDP are in no mood yet for the party’s peace talks.
Suspended National Secretary of the Party, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, its sacked Deputy National Chairman, South West, Engr. Segun Oni and former governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, all loyalists of Obasanjo, shunned a reconciliation meeting scheduled for Ibadan yesterday by the National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.
Former Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, though not an Obasanjo supporter, also stayed away from the meeting convened to resolve the crises that have torn the party into shreds in the zone.
The peace talks went ahead nonetheless with Alhaji Tukur pleading with members of the party in the zone to sheathe their swords and join forces to rebuild what remains of the party in the South West.
He urged forgiveness on the part of every member.
He also told them to forget the bitterness of the past to enable them work together, especially in preparation for the 2015 elections.
He said: “It is important to have back the South West, considering its importance in the country, in the economy, politics and education. Politics is not a joke. We do it to get power and use the substance of power to serve our members.
“If you do not acquire power through legal votes, you will not be able to serve diligently those that voted you in.
“If we fail to toe the line, some people will take over our right to govern the states in the South West.
“Let us make it the last time that South West will be under any political party except PDP.”
The Chairman of the Zonal Caretaker Committee, Chief Ishola Filani, had earlier explained that the zone was facing some challenges since it lost the states.
Describing factionalization as the order of the day in the zone, he said it would affect the chances of the party in 2015 election if not checked in time.
He said his committee had been meeting with aggrieved members in the zone.
“We will continue to forge ahead in search of unity, which is necessary to win the election come 2015,” he said.
He assured Tukur that they would continue to justify the confidence reposed in them to win back aggrieved members into the party.
Also speaking, the Minister of State for Defence, Erelu Olusola Obada said PDP members across all the states in the South West now know the advantage of being in power, stressing that they have learnt their lessons.
She said they were ready to reconcile and come together to take back power in the zone in 2015.
The meeting resolved to set up a reconciliation committee headed by former national deputy chairman, Chief Shuaibu Oyedokun, to bring together the aggrieved members in the zone.
Each state is expected to nominate two representatives into the reconciliation committee.
Other notable members of the party in attendance include former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Otunba Iyiola Omisore; former Senate Leader, Hon. Teslim Folarin, Chief Buruji Kasamu; former Osun State Governor, Senator Isiaka Adeleke; former Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose; Chief Tunde Olowofoyeku; Chief Abiola Ogundokun; Senator Lekan Balogun; Garuba Umar and Ambassador Gbenga Olofin.
Others are the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Adeola Akande; former Minister of Sports, Prof. Taoheed Adedoja; Hon. AJibola Muraina; Alhaji Yekini Adeojo; Deputy Senate Chief Whip, Senator Hosea Agboola; Oyo State Chairman of PDP, Yinka Taiwo; his Ondo State counterpart, Hon. Ebenzer Olu Alabi; Osun State Chairman, Alhaji Ganiyu Olaoluwa and Lagos State Chairman, Hon. Tunji Shelle, among others.

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