Oyinlola Defects To APC, Osun PDP Reacts
The former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, revealed he would be defecting to the All Progressives Congress in Osogbo today.
The estranged National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party revealed that he is joining the ruling party in the state which is APC. Punch reports that when the politician was contacted on yesterday on the phone, he replied by saying: “So it is. I am joining the APC.”
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The influential politician is billed to make public the party switch at a mega rally of the APC today in the capital city of Osun state and he will be received by the national leaders of the APC at the mega rally. The long standing feud between the estranged former governor and PDP was made more pronounced when he did not show up at a PDP mega rally on Saturday in the state. The PDP rally which was attended by the bigwigs of the Peoples Democratic Party like President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo, the National Chairman of the PDP Alhaji Adamu Muazu amongst others.
The new development has, however, generated an upsurge of enthusiasm in the APC camp as they believe the estranged PDP National Secretary's defection to the APC will be of great benefits to the many ambitions of the party in the state. While seeing it as a push to making the second term ambition of the present governor of the state, Governor Rauf Aregbesola, futile, Aregbesola had disclosed recently at a campaign that the opposition party does not have any edge again because all the PDP good politicians are now in the APC because they know better.
The governor said: “When the PDP was united as one party, we defeated them. Now the good ones among them have left and are now with us. All former elected governors in the state are now with Aregbesola. The first elected governor, Alhaji Isiaka Adeleke, is with us; the second governor, Baba (Bisi) Akande is with us. The third governor Omo’ba (Prince), is also with us. I can say this but they cannot say it. But a former deputy governor, who was chased away from office is the one they are banking on to win the election, they are joking. Their candidate has never won any election and he cannot win this one. The only election he won was a gift to him from the prince and he did not win but the election was manipulated for him.”
It was revealed that the Oyinlola was wooed by the National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; Chief Bisi Akande and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, after the defeat of Governor Kayode Fayemi by Mr. Ayo Fayose in Ekiti State.
However, when the Chairman of the PDP in Osun State, Alhaji Gani Olaoluwa, was contacted and asked for his opinion on Oyinlola's defection to the opposing party, he wished him well saying: “There is neither a permanent friend nor a permanent enemy in politics. We wish Oyinlola well in his new party. But we are expecting him to congratulate us on August 10. We are expecting his congratulatory message after we might have been declared the winner of the election. The people of the state are against Aregbesola. So, no matter the number of former governors teaming up with him, he will fail. Aregbesola will soon become a former governor because Senator Iyiola Omisore is winning the election by the grace of God.
“The APC is now the party of former governors in Osun State. Aregbesola should be preparing to join the league of former governors.”
It would be recalled that four out of the six members of the PDP in Osun state, who were expelled from the party, have recently defected to the APC also.
Source: Legit.ng
