Blame Adeleke for the breakdown in the peace talk- Ogunbiyi
Akin Ogunbiyi
By Gbenga Olarinoye,
Osogbo
The Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, runner-up in the last Osun state congress, Dr Akin Ogunbiyi said
the party’s governorship candidate Senator Ademola Adeleke should blamed for
the breakdown in the peace talk between them.
Addressing his party
supporters weekend, in his country home, Ile-Ogbo, Dr Ogunbiyi stated that,
Senator Adeleke flagrantly failed to honour all the three conditions given to
him to meet by the national leaders of the party for peace to reign in the
party in the state.
According to him, the
leadership of the party in Abuja summoned the two of them to a peace talk after
the crisis that trailed the party’s primary where Adeleke defeated Ogunbiyi by
a margin of seven votes.
He said at the Abuja
meeting Senator Adeleke was asked to concede the post of his running mate to
Ogunbiyi’s group, the senatorial seat to the group and also shared both the
national and state assemblies legislatures.
“At that meeting, I
never asked that any condition should be met or I should be refunded for all my
expenses or we should share posts. It is in the wisdom of the party leaders
that came up with those conditions and the two parties agreed with them”. he
said.
Dr Ogunbiyi explained
further that all efforts by his group to make Adeleke fulfill his side of the
agreement did not see the light of the day.
As the national
Secretariat of the party ordered former Senate President, Senator David Mark
and senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki to mediate in the crisis, Dr Ogunbiyi
said the mediators need not come to him as he had obeyed all the directives of
the party.
His words: ” I believe
in the party suppremacy and I don’t have any litigation in any court against
him. So, when they come they should see Adeleke and ask him questions.
He directed his
followers to go out and work for the success of the party in all the future
elections saying that he has no plan to leave the party.
When Senator Adeleke was
contacted for his reaction to Dr Ogunbiyi’s allegations, he said they are still
talking.
Adeleke who reacted
through his media aid, Olawale Rasheed said, “There is nobody that loses
election without a bit of anger.But this is a family affair.Dr Akin Ogunbiyi
has affirmed that he is not leaving the party.
“He also expressed
readiness to work for the success of the party.The rest is politics.The focus
now is the preparation for September 22. Peace is here “, he added.
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