Stakeholders in Ife Federal Constituency of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State have reconciled with the state deputy governor, Kola Adewusi, and other leaders in the constituency.
Recall that party leaders and members in the constituency where Adewusi hails from had recently passed a vote of no confidence on him and some other leaders for allegedly romancing with some opposition figures.
It was gathered that the internal wrangling had threatened the unity of the ruling party in the region.
Meanwhile, following intervention by the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, top stakeholders in the constituency met with the deputy governor and other leaders on Friday, where they resolved to give peace a chance, declaring that “Osun PDP is united.”
At the meeting held in Ile-Ife, party leaders were present, including Board of Trustees members, former national secretary Wale Oladipo, deputy governor, the senatorial leader Akin Famuyide, and all the district executives, commissioners and appointees from the district, all the council chairmen, House of Assembly members, and others who matter.
Addressing journalists after the peace parley, the Osun PDP Chairman, Sunday Bisi, explained that the unity meeting aims to foster togetherness among stakeholders in Ife Federal constituency, disclosing that the vote of no confidence previously passed on Adewusi and others has been withdrawn.
He said, “We are in a society. It is not possible for us to live without having this kind of thing once in a while; but we thank God that PDP has an internal mechanism through which we resolve all issues and disputes. We thank God that we have done it here today in Ile-Ife, and peace now reigns, the storm is over, and peace will reign in supreme in Ife PDP and Osun PDP in general.”
Bisi noted that members have been urged to resist further attempts by opposition figures to divide them. “Those external forces that want to cause implosion won’t come back, we have spoken to our people, they won’t allow that or any external interference again in the affairs of the party, we have resolved that one,” he stated.
Regarding the deputy governor running on the same ticket as the governor, the party boss remarked, “Just leave that. You cross the bridge when you get to the river, so let us wait. When the time comes we will tell you.”
Deputy Governor Kola Adewusi, in his remarks to journalists, described the issue as a storm in a teacup, stating that it had been settled, and added, “Let us not drag this issue beyond this limit.”
“Let me just tell you, men of the press, that bygone is bygone. We have forgotten everything that happened in the past, and we have turned over a new leaf. What happened here today is to tell all of you that PDP is one. There is no division between us, and in politics, one cannot rule out the impact of past events.
“Here we are today, we are all together and we are bonded together again; even the tongue and the mouth they do have misunderstandings, but today, the whole thing has been resolved finally and completed. The senatorial chairman is here, along with many others, so I can tell you it was a storm in a teacup; it has now settled, and everything is over.
“Nobody is holding anybody for anything. PDP is united, and we are one. The devil wants to play his game, but we won’t allow the devil to play that game,” he concluded.
In a similar vein, Akindele Famuyide, the senatorial leader for the Osun East Central district who led others in passing the vote of no confidence, noted that it has been withdrawn and that the constituency now has great confidence in the deputy governor and other leaders.
“Like I said, that was a few days ago. A lot of things have happened; the governor came in, and we have our internal mechanism to resolve issues, and it has been completely resolved,” said.
Regarding what led to the crisis, he said, “It was caused by maybe one of our decampees; he was parading and was moving around and we said no, we don’t want to see him near our leaders anymore; that was it.”
He added, “We never had any issues of local government anywhere, nothing of such. The governor has done the right thing, he has taken care of almost everybody; you know it is not possible to take care of everybody; but almost everybody has been touched from all corners of Osun East including Ife zone; you know we are in Ife zone party meeting now, so, he has done his best and we have never had it so good in the history of Ife land. So, we are happy and we are grateful.”
