Decampees, PDP’s Liability-Famodun

By Ayobami Agboola, Osogbo

The Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Osun State chapter, Prince Gboyega Famodun on Tuesday came down hard on the former chieftains of the party, Alhaji Fatai Diekola and Tijani Oladosu popularly known as ‘TILAD’, who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stating that their defection had no impact on his party.

Prince Gboye Famodun, APC Chairman, Osun State

Famodun in a statement he personally signed and made available to CityMirrorNews in Osogbo said the defection of Diekola , Oladosu and their political allies cannot alter the reality and success of APC in the coming September 22, gubernatorial election.

He also derided the planned rally by the PDP in the state to formally welcome the decampees to its fold.

He described the formalisation as insignificant and cannot weaken the strength of the APC in both Osogbo and Olorunda local governments where Diekola and TILAD hail from in the upcoming governorship election.

According to him “The  PDP has been making some laughable noises recently over the stale news of so called high profile decampees from the APC to the opposition party.”

“The PDP is truly out of touch, otherwise it would have known a year and half ago that its latest converts long ceased to be relevant elements within the APC.”

“Part of PDP ignorance has to do with its status as a factionalised and disoriented party that hardly knows the direction it is even moving, so it is easy to clutch at straws.”

“The fact of the situation are as follows: some over-ambitious people who once had relevance within the party structure, but lost it due to unacceptable level of selfishness fell out with the APC government. They had envisaged a situation that will exclude the governor from having an imput into who should succeed him.

“When they had it good with the governor, they were not in a cult, but when ambition put them on the wrong end of the table, they now see a cult operation within government house.”

“For them, they should always be in a position to control and dictate how the government should run. When Gov. Rauf Aregbesola would  have nothing of that, they jumped ship and now find it convenient to name government operation as a cult”

“But there is a greater issue here: would such high profile politicians have any commitment to loyalty and preservation of legacy?”

“We in the APC are relieved that they are not part of our problem and since the PDP had decided to add that problem to its own big burden, it is a matter of their choice and none of our business.”

“What’s important to us are the tens of thousands of people in Osogbo who have eyes to see, faculty to appreciate, good conscience to evaluate and the character to be grateful to God for the good things Aregbesola and the APC have done to Osogbo in particular and the rest of the state generally. These people will never choose PDP as a substitute for APC in any future elections.”

“So for the leadership of the PDP to think that the latest decampees from the APC in Osogbo can alter this reality, just by describing Aregbesola-led government as a ‘cult’ is the most absurd, fantasizing that the party leadership could allow itself to degenerate into.”

“Secondly the PDP is no longer what it used to be in Osun. It has lost key elements of its political attractions and can no longer recover the height of its power base in those gory years when Goodluck Jonathan  added security fire power to the PDP terrorism in the state of Osun during the 2014 governorship election.”

“As you read this, the PDP is an orphan, scavenging for life and seeking props from people who have no oxygen politically to keep it alive.”