Former governor of Osun State, Prince
Olagunsoye Oyinlola and his party,
Peoples Democratic |Party (PDP), are
about parting ways…for good.
The retired general believes President
Goodluck Jonathan does not want him in
the party even after going the extra mile
to prove his loyalty.
Oyinlola in a July 30, 2014 letter to the
President said he would not be doing
himself any good “if I don’t think seriously
about my political journey and take a firm
decision.”
The former PDP National Secretary
enumerated the various efforts he and
others including his friend and former
colleague in the army, Senate President
David Mark, made to reconcile with the
party and said: “I may, at this point, need
to look beyond the party and take my
destiny in my hands.”
The letter, 00/PDP/5, reads in part:
“Your Excellency, you are very conversant
of all efforts made by me and very
importantly, by respected leaders of the
party to get this matter resolved and truly
reconcile all aggrieved parties.
“I, however, learnt that you were not sure
of my support for you, given my closeness
to former President Olusegun Obasanjo
hence the decision to disallow me from
returning to my legally recognized
position as the National secretary of the
PDP.
“I have met you on several occasions on
this matter to pledge my loyalty. At my
last meeting with you, which was at the
instance of the party’s National chairman,
Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, you requested that
I be part of the ongoing Osun State
governorship campaigns. Mr. President
would remember that I stated that the
minimum the party leadership could do to
get me to campaign was to instruct the
Ogun State chapter of the party to
withdraw its appeal at the Supreme Court;
or alternatively, obey the Appeal Court
order, and allow me to resume duty, the
same way the party obeyed the faulty
Federal High Court verdict that ousted
me.
“To the foregoing, I wish to state that I
was promised some positive response
which never came, up till this moment.
The Chairman of the party’s Board of
Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih CFR, has also
on several occasions, after discussing me,
met with Your Excellency on this matter
assuring you of my loyalty to you and to
the cause of the party.
“I am also aware that the Senate
President, Senator David Mark, GCON,
has similarly met with you and made a
case for my return to office. Senator Mark
went to the extent of asking you to hold
him responsible for all actions I might
take as National Secretary.
“Mr. President, allow me to state with
emphasis that what joins Senator Mark
and my humble-self is more than politics.
The military family that binds us does not
know double-dealing or disloyalty. A part
of our training, we keep our words, hence
we are called “Gentlemen Officers.” That
precisely was why the Senate President
could most frontally vouch for me.
“Your Excellency, allow me to also recall
that on three occasions, Senator Mark
informed that I had agreed to submit to
you a pre-signed resignation letter, if that
would allay all fears of insincerity; and all,
in a bid to ensure that the injustice of my
illegal removal from office is redressed.
“I wish to respectfully state that I do not
go back on my words, just like I don’t
abandon my friends, associates and
leaders, no matter how hard the situation
might be.
“That explains why as a State Governor, I
remained very loyal to my boss, former
President Ibrahim Babangida, GCFR, even
when he had some issues with the
government of former President Olusegun
Obasanjo, I wish to respectfully recall
very respectfully, that Chief Obasanjo
never made any attempt to move against
me on account of these differences.
“The same spirit today drives me as I
maintain my loyalty to former President
Obasanjo, who may, or who may not have
any relationship with your government. It
was that same spirit that made me insist
on your approval of my candidature, in
your capacity as national leader of the
party and president, before I agreed with
my brother-governors request in 2012, to
contest for the position of PDP National
Secretary. I should like to state that I am
not a fair-weather fellow. To my friends,
the spirit is very similar to marital vow.”
Oyinlola said it was unfortunate that
President Jonathan was unprepared to
listen to entreaties by party leaders on his
behalf.
He added: “Mr. President, I wish to
observe that with all these efforts by me
and other credible leaders of our party, it
appears clearly to me that you are not
totally convinced that I am who I have
always been in my journey through life.
“I have, therefore, come to the conclusion
that it is this mindset that is at the root of
my challenges in PDP. It seems to me that
I am not wanted by the national leader of
the party; and I know that.
“Therefore, I will certainly not be doing
myself justice and good, despite
everything, if I don’t think seriously about
my political journey and take a firm
decision.
“Mr. President, I may at this point, need
to look beyond the party and take my
destiny in my hands. I sincerely hope that
this will solve the problem.
“Conclusively, Your Excellency, if I am
doing the above and take further steps
without telling you, I would be negating
the pledge of loyalty which I had earlier
made to you; hence this correspondence
to Mr. President.”
Source
www.thenationonlineng.net/new/oyinlola-writes-jonathan-offers-to-quit-pdp/

Its been long overdue,even though u dont voice out now,we know physically and spiritually you are not with them again.
So which party now oyinlola?
Well APC,should do the magic.
But i believe with all you have acquired with or without politics next 4 generation of you cant suffer again.
Well wish you goodluck in your future endeavours.
BABAT

All thanks to Rotimi Amaechi. Go and meet Amaechi to make you Secretary. When you were grandstanding and walking out on GEJ what was on your mind? Why waste time, your other rebels are long gone. Don't do dat "good military fellow" with that hidden deception close to GEJ. Go where your heart longs. Done with all the moles.

i beg forget jona and his party dat dosent folow rule of law

When you joined forces with OBJ and the rebel govs to to rebel against your party leadership and the FG where was your loyalty? Now your friends have left you in the cold. What a pity! Well for now you've to accept the fate of a rebellious fellow that you are.

PDP always reneging on their words and disrespecting internal party order.

Anyway, Oyinlola can do whatever he like. As Military administrator of Lagos State, he did nothing but loot the treasury along with his boss and corruption-in-chief of the Armed Forces, Gen IBB. As gov of Osun State, he was a mediocre at best that gave AC and Aregbesola an easy ride to Osun govt house. He was rejected @ the poll when he contested for Senate in 2011 by Osun. APC needs the few votes of his loyalissts in 2015 but we shall revisit his case on aSsumption to office.


APC!!!
Change

You can't eat your cake and have it. Whatever happened to your loyalty when it was needed the most?

Na wa! So you have to practically beg?

Politicians have no shame I swe.ar!

Trust no politician, their actions always negate their words

Politically you are done. Your loyalty cannot be trusted. Go join Ameachi,Nyako and co. Without you, come rain come shine, GEJ till 2019.

how is that our business?? mtchew

Ina zuwa. Ku bani minti daya. UPDATE: This guy is a disgrace to the army. See how he is begging and crying to the president, not to solve naija's problems but to absorb him back into the pdp caucus. What a shameless politician. Ka ci ubanka!!! Soko kawai.

Na Dem Dem!.

There will be many betrayals, decampings, dirty deals and lies between now and May 2015. Soon political assasinations will begin as usual.

1. How may times have a US republican decamped to the democrats party?.

2. How many times have a UK libertarian decamped to the labour party?.

You see these are countries where politicians have intergrity and true to themselves not to money.

No matter who win 2015, whether PDP or APC Nigeria will not change. Because there's no difference between APC and PDP. Infact, with all the decampings APC have more PDP members now. So, where is the change going to come from?.

My pity goes not to politicians jumping from party to party in a blink of an eye. Rather, my pity goes to all you Nairalander's who're here insulting each other for sake of greedy, selfish, corrupt politicians who don't care about you.

So, I made this little song for you all ethnic bashers, and blind sycophants. If we want change in this country we must start doing something, that's why I wrote this song.

Listen to "Na Dem Dem" on youtube. Send to your friends, it's also on iTunes incase you want to support me.

Enjoy your electricity and good roads.

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Ebola-hit Sierra Leone declares state of
emergency

FREETOWN (AFP) – Sierra Leone leader
Ernest Bai Koroma declared a state of
emergency on Thursday and as the country
struggled to contain the deadly Ebola
epidemic.
The impoverished country, along with
neighbouring Guinea and Liberia, is
struggling to contain an epidemic that has
infected 1,200 people and left 672 dead
across the region since the start of the
year.
“Extraordinary challenges require
extraordinary measures. The Ebola virus
disease poses an extraordinary challenge
to our nation,” Koroma said in a televised
address to the nation.
“Consequently… I hereby proclaim a state of
public emergency to enable us to take a
more robust approach to deal with the
Ebola outbreak.”
Koroma said he had cancelled a trip to a
summit of around 50 African leaders in
Washington DC next week.
He announced however that he would
travel to neighbouring Guinea for a
regional summit on the crisis gathering the
heads of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and
Ivory Coast.
Koroma announced a raft of measures as
part of the state of emergency, including
quarantining Ebola-hit areas and deploying
security forces to protect medical workers.
He banned all public meetings not related
to Ebola and cancelled foreign trips by
ministers and other government officials,
exempting only “absolutely essential
engagements”.
The president said the measures would be
in place initially for 60 to 90 days, and then
be reassessed.
Sierra Leone, which has seen 224 deaths,
was also preparing Thursday to bury Omar
Khan, a “national hero” who saved the lives
of more than 100 Ebola patients before
succumbing to the tropical bug.
- ‘Very serious threat’ -
Fears that the outbreak could spread to
other continents have been growing with
European and Asian countries on alert.
Leading medical charity Doctors Without
Borders warned the crisis would only get
worse and said there was no overarching
strategy to handle the world’s worst-ever
outbreak of the disease.
Sierra Leone’s announcement comes a day
after Liberia, which has seen 129 deaths,
said it was shutting all schools and placing
“non-essential” government workers on 30
days’ leave.
US Christian charity Samaritan’s Purse said
it was temporarily withdrawing its non-
essential staff from Liberia, citing regional
“instability and ongoing security issues”.
Hong Kong announced quarantine
measures for suspected cases, although
one woman arriving from Africa with
possible symptoms tested negative, while
the EU said it was ready to deal with the
threat.
The International Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO) has held talks with global health
officials on potential measures to halt the
spread of the disease.
In Britain, where one person has tested
negative for the disease, Foreign Secretary
Philip Hammond said it was regarded as “a
very serious threat”.
The US Peace Corps announced Wednesday
it was pulling hundreds of volunteers from
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The European Union is equipped and ready
to treat victims should the deadly virus be
found in its 28 member states, an EU
source said in Brussels.
- Medical staff ‘swamped’ -
In Hong Kong, a densely populated city
previously scarred by disease outbreaks
such as the 2003 SARS epidemic, health
officials confirmed they would quarantine
as a precautionary measure any visitors
from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia who
showed fever symptoms.
One woman arriving in the southern
Chinese city from Africa, who showed
symptoms including fever and vomiting,
has tested negative for Ebola.
Australia, which has already warned
against travel to west Africa’s Ebola-hit
countries, said it was well prepared in the
unlikely event that the virus should reach its
shores.
Meanwhile, Thai health authorities said they
had ordered all hospitals to monitor
patients for any symptoms, particularly
nationals or foreign tourists who had been
in the outbreak area.
A British doctor volunteering in Sierra
Leone treating Ebola patients told Metro
newspaper that medical staff were
swamped.
“The main challenge here, though, is that
the health authorities just don’t have the
infrastructure to cope. They’re
overwhelmed,” Benjamin Black said.
Togo-based pan-African airline ASKY, which
serves 20 destinations, has halted all flights
to and from Liberia and Sierra Leone
following the death of a passenger from
the virus.
The 40-year-old man, who travelled from
Liberia, died in Lagos on Friday in Nigeria’s
first confirmed death from Ebola.
The virus crossing borders for the first time
by plane could lead to new flight
restrictions aimed at containing outbreaks,
the world aviation agency said.
Japan’s health ministry said it has sent out
an alert to hospitals and health
organisa

More than 50% topic on NL are based on politics

His political end!

Bari na Kama waje, Zan dawo in yi tsokaci Akan wannan.

Duk dan shegiyar da ke neman ma Kansa lafiya, kar yayi quoting dina yana fadin shirme, dan babar mutum zanci la'ada waje


This man seems crying and begging Jonathan not to allow him leave the Party, man you are goner. That's all

U should president ebola don't need u

U should president ebola don't need u before now

U should know president ebola don't need u before now, he is only using fish brain

If he leaves pdp,automatically he is going to apc(aggrieved people's congress) But the funiest thing is that 50% of apc members are those that left pdp angrily.We need two strong parties in Nigeria just like US.I am not against apc but I think it is not strong enough to challenge pdp(papa deceiving pickin)

Who cares

2+0+1+1=4yrs
J-o-n-a-t-h-a-n=8yrs
P-a-t-i-e-n-c-e=8yrs
G-o-o-d-l-u-c-k=8yrs
2+0+1+5=8yrs
This second term is becoming a reality o!
Anyway,Oyinlola has become a political EBOLA to the realization of Jonathan's second term ambition,hence he is politically 'QUARANTINED'.

Tell me Oyinola, how can you owe your loyalty to the same people who wants to unseat the president and expect him to buy your trust? Oyinola think and think very well.

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Come and see shame in its full regalia! Imagine Oyinlola so desperate to return back as the PDP National Party Secretary? I'm sure, there are some funds that that man is seriously eyeing to loot. #Oleeee! Bloody thief!

The APC family might consider him if he decides to join the progressives. We can transform him into a human being after straining out the cankerworms ravaging him.

Most politicians are dogs who go back to their vomits.

whatlyf: PDP always reneging on their words and disrespecting internal party order.

Anyway, Oyinlola can do whatever he like. As Military administrator of Lagos State, he did nothing but loot the treasury along with his boss and corruption-in-chief of the Armed Forces, Gen IBB. As gov of Osun State, he was a mediocre at best that gave AC and Aregbesola an easy ride to Osun govt house. He was rejected @ the poll when he contested for Senate in 2011 by Osun. APC needs the few votes of his loyalissts in 2015 but we shall revisit his case on aSsumption to office.


APC!!!
Change

Was he governor of Lagos state under IBB? Which year(s) exacty?