BEVERLY HILLS, August 02, (THEWILL) – Former governors of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja and Christopher Alao Akala were on Wednesday represented at the reconciliatory meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders in the state called by the National Caretaker Committee Chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi.
Ladoja and Akala, who are currently chieftains of the Accord Party and the All Progressives Congress (APC), respectively, were represented by Senator Femi Lanlehin and Kareem Tajudeen at the meeting, which is part of ongoing efforts aimed at repositioning the party for the 2019 elections, held at the PDP National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Wuse, Abuja.
In his opening remarks, National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, urged the Oyo PDP stakeholders to sheathe their swords in the interest of the party saying that their lack of unity was what led to the victory of Abiola Ajimobi in the 2015 governorship election in the state.
“The present governor is ruling with just 32 per cent of the vote cast because the PDP house was not in order. Let us make the PDP the winning party again because there’s no need to be in a party that is losing,” Adeyeye said.
“We want to bring everybody together and it is clear that all those maintaining hard-line position will not take us anywhere.
“We are aware of all the facts, I want to appeal to all of you to be more united more than ever before.”
On his part, Senator Makarfi appealed to the PDP members to bury the hatchet, noting that the issue on inconclusive congress, if not resolved, is capable of hurting the party in the future.
