Osun Guber: Saraki Reconciles Adeleke, Ogunbiyi

In the bid to unseat the All Progressives Congress come September 22, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Osun state, Sen. Ademola Adeleke and the runner up at the primaries, Dr Akin Ogunbiyi, signed a peace pact on Wednesday in Abuja.

Adeleke and Ogunbiyi signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) after a marathon reconciliation meeting presided over by the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki at his Abuja residence.

“Following marathon meetings today in Abuja, I am pleased to announce that we have a signed agreement between PDP gubernatorial candidate, Senator Adeleke and his rival, Dr. Ogunbiyi. As we approach the September 22, 2018 governorship election, our party moves forward as one.” Saraki said after the duo signed.

Ogunbiyi had faulted the primaries that produced Adeleke, while some other stakeholders challenged his candidacy in court on grounds of his educational qualification.

Saraki said that with the coming together of the two party men, hitherto thought irreconcilable, the PDP is now a united family in Osun state.

“We are very happy with what we have seen today. The credit goes to two of them, Sen. Ademola Adeleke and more particularly, Dr Ogunbiyi.

“We have all gone through election and we know what is like to lose an election. Ogunbiyi and Adeleke have put the party first and they have come together in the interest of the people of Osun state, to rescue the people.

“So what you have just seen is a sign that Osun PDP is united, and with a united PDP, victory is sure for the party in the election in the next two weeks.”

Sen Adeleke who expressed joy for the rapprochement with Ogunbiyi, said God has answered PDP’s prayer and commended the PDP leadership for the reconciliation. “For us and the PDP victory is assured and by the grace of God we are going to win the gubernatorial election come 22nd.

“The electorate are waiting for us. I believe that they want us and this is what they have been waiting for, because after primary there should be reconciliation.

“With this reconciliation everybody is happy, the electorate are waiting for us and sure victory is ours.” Ogunbiyi said the reconciliation was for the interest of the Osun people and Nigeria at Large.

“We believe Osun for us must be taken, for us to be able to wrest power from the All Progressives Congress come 2019. And we are going to work together for the party’s victory in the September 22nd gubernatorial election.”