₦airaland Forum

By Kunle Oderemi

THE crisis of confidence over the governorship race in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State appears not abating, 47 days to the governorship election.

The camp of the winner of the party primary of July 20, Senator Ademola Adeleke and that of his main challenger for the PDP ticket, Dr Akin Ogunbiyi, are locked in a fresh dispute over the position of deputy governor.

Adeleke is being accused of breaching the agreement entered into that Ogunbiyi should fill the slot of deputy governor at the reconciliation meeting brokered by the PDP national leadership last Monday in Abuja.

Under the position-sharing deal, it was also agreed that Ogunbiyi would have the ticket of the PDP for the senatorial race in the 2019 elections.

However, the camp was reportedly jolted when it was discovered that Adeleke had forwarded the name of a member of the House of Representatives, Honourable Albert Adeogun, as his running mate, in an apparent breach of the Abuja agreement.

Adeogun had pulled out of the governorship race prior to the conduct of party primaries on July 20 in Osogbo, the state capital.

An account of proceedings at the Abuja meeting had it that the PDP leaders had difficult times convincing Ogunbiyi to accept the offer of a senatorial ticket because he preferred that it should be left for any member of his camp.

But when the issue of deputy governor came up, he reportedly asked that he be allowed to consult with other members of his camp, with a view to taking a collective decision.

Accordingly, the group was said to have proposed four names, including a former Senator, two hitherto governorship aspirants for Senator Adeleke to pick one of them as running mate.

Section 34 of the Electoral Act deals with the alteration and substitution of names of candidates submitted by political parties to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

“When the camp of Ogunbiyi went for the consultation, four people were discovered to be interested in the slot. So, they agreed to shortlist three of the names to be forwarded to Adeleke to pick one of them as his running mate. But, they were shocked to learn that he had submitted the name of Honourable Albert Adeogun from Ile-Ife to INEC as his running mate. No one has been able to reach the lawmaker for him to write to INEC notifying the commission of his intent to withdraw as the running mate, as he had made himself incommunicado,” the source said.

One of the Osun PDP elders, who corroborated findings by Sunday Tribune said: “The feud is yet to be resolved. They promised certain things which have not materialised. They gave him a Senate ticket and position of deputy governor. But they had chosen a deputy governor without telling the national leadership of the party that brokered peace. The national level is still insisting that Honourable Adeogun must withdraw. We cannot lay our hands on him again. If he does not withdraw by August 8, we can no longer substitute his name,” he stated.

DonDemu:
An Enigma called Buhari.

It appears any self styled political analyst sponsored or otherwise can just write an untrue story about anything on PMB and then expects everyone to pull out his phone and start typing frantically to support him.

That era is gone.
That era has defected together with the herdsmen. Is surprising that even in the Benue trough the herdsmen have defected into oblivion. I was expecting someone to probably stir up some fulani herdsmen trouble with this defection counter defection but none. Because none ever existed.

You can trust PMB, he just kept silence as usual and even went on a vacation.

I stand with Buhari anytime and always.

iCauseTrouble:
They should just settle this Ogunbiyi guy. Let PDP beg him and give him a befitting compensation. Sincerely, it's not worth it having a APC governor in Osun State again

modath:
Where exactly is your family compound in Osun State?




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Ada will be sure of who will win in Abeokuta
Abubakar will swear about Abakaliki politics
Akinola will somersault over Argungu...

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Nationalman:
You are right. Immediately they defected .The Herdsmen Defected too

DonDemu:
Yeah you're right. Immediately Ortom defected, the so called Benue "heardsmen" defected.