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Osun PDP Gladiators Mend Fences As Factions Unite For Adeleke In By-election

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June 19, 2017

Leaders of the two factions in the Osun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have agreed to sheath their sword and support in consensus Dr Ademola Adeleke, the party’s candidate for the July 8 Osun West Senatorial By-election in the state.

The factions at a meeting in Iwo, headquarters of the senatorial district agreed and promised to work together for the candidate they believe will provide a huge contest with the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate Senator Mudashiru Hussain.

At the party’s programme which was held to publicly bring the two groups together elders and leaders of the party in the state took turns to speak on the rationale behind the re-union.

A member of the PDP BoT, Alhaji Shuaib Oyedokun lauded the process which brought about the accord in the party and enjoined every member to go out and canvass for the party’s candidate.

Oyedokun who was excited about the turnout of the members of the party said what they saw in the late Adeleke’s brother gives them the conviction that he would perform as well as his late brother.

While speaking, Senator Iyiola Omisore said “Osun west is very important to everyone of us, that’s why we decided to come together and honour the memory of our late senator.”

It would be recalled that the late Senator Isiaka Adeleke defected to the APC from the PDP in 2014 following a crisis which ensued during the build up to the party’s governorship primary election, where he (late Adeleke) was reported to have been manhandled by the then police affairs minister, Jelili Adesiyan on the order of Senator Iyiola Omisore who was also an aspirant at the time.

In his remarks, Otunba Ademola Adeleke appreciated the party leadership for accepting him with open minds, saying he is overwhelmed by their show of support towards him.

He said “I promise not to disappoint you. I’ll continue the philanthropic legacy of my late elder brother, whose main worry was how to better the lives of the masses”.

” To kick start, I have rolled out scholarship of two hundred and fifty million naira for the youths of Osun west senatorial district, but, you must all go out and vote for out PDP in the state”.

“I have been in politics since 1991. My late father and brother also taught me a lot, especially to be good to people, which is what I’ve always been doing and will continue to do” he stated.

Adeleke however expressed optimism that he would emerge victorious in coming election, saying it is time for the people of the district and Osun State as a whole to liberate themselves from the APC led government in the state.

The chairman of the PDP in the state, Soji Adagunodo said the party will emerge victorious at the July 8 By-Election, saying efforts were underway to bring all the aggrieved members of the party back before the 2018 governorship election.

“If there is going to be manipulation or rigging of any sort, we’re three steps ahead of the APC “

“We’re fully ready to win. The leaders of the party with the flagbearer thereafter proceeded to the palace of the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Akanbi for “royal blessings.”