Skip to main content

Amosun, Osoba to meet again weekend

Governor Amosun and the Awujale
Governor Amosun and the Awujale

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta
Another peace meeting to reconcile feuding chiefs and factions of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun state has been slated for this weekend in Ijebu-Ode. P.M. News learnt that the meeting will this time around include all the members of the National Assembly elected from the state.
The first meeting held yesterday at the palace of the Awujale, the Paramount ruler of
Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona was attended by Governor Ibikunle Amosun and a national leader of the APC, also former governor of the State, Chief Olusegun Osoba. Also in attendance was the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Michael Aremu Gbadebo, Okukenu IV, who reportedly facilitated the meeting.
According to a source, “Alake has been on the matter since the ending of last year. He had met with the two politicians separately and when the incident of January 9, 2014 at the party Secretariat occurred and news went around of what both sides said, Alake felt, that, if the matter was not urgently attended to, it may boomerang.
“While Baba was still on his mission to see that the two Egba sons sheath their swords, another fight broke out, now it also involved another Egba son, Senator Obadara and the aftermath is what you and I are now seeing, season of letters. Alake contacted Awujale, who he believed is highly respected by Osoba being his ‘son’ and the meeting was summoned for Sunday evening but was later shifted to yesterday”, the source revealed.
Governor Ibikunle Amosun, his wife, Funso, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Chief Bisi Akande at an outing in Abeokuta in 2013
Governor Ibikunle Amosun, his wife, Funso, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Chief Bisi Akande at an outing in Abeokuta in 2013

Awujale was also said to have appealed to both Amosun and Osoba to call their supporters to order.Although yesterday’s meeting was deadlocked, the enlarged meeting slated for the weekend may forge some compromise.
One of the major actors in the conflict, Senator Gbenga Kaka welcomed the role being played by the Awujale and Alake. He spoke in an interview with P.M.News today.
The APC in the state is split down the middle by two contending forces, the SIA group, under the control of Governor Amosun and the Matagbamole group, associated with Chief Osoba.
The disagreement between the two groups recently resulted in violence between their supporters in Abeokuta and Wasimi in Ewekoro Local Government Area of the State.
Alake was quoted to have told the two gladiators at the meeting that, “you are a pride to Egba kingdom and you should not do anything that will truncate the love and respect people have for you”, calling for
truce between them.
It was gathered that Osoba expressed disappointment in the attitude of the governor since he became
governor.
The governor was accused of destabilizing the party because of his leadership style. He was also accused of alienating many leaders, who were instrumental to his emergence as the party candidate during the 2011 election 
What does Osoba want? Did anybody control him when he was Governor in Ogun State? He had his opportunity and he squandered it and now he is disturbing Amosun who is doing a good job in Ogun State. Has he not been compensated enough? I am not a politician but I know much about politics of my State. His son is in the House of Assembly, the 3 senators from the state were nominated by him and he single handedly nominated over 80% of the state cabinet. The only thing I guess could be causing problem is probably Amosun is not sharing the Security votes with him, Remember Adedibu in Oyo State then and Tinubu in Lagos. This is really what we should expect at the Centre if their plans materialize, It is not that all these are surprises to me as I predicted that PDP3 will emerge from PDP2 (a.ka. APC or PDP1 extension). I am sure that those that are regular on this forum will remember even though some people who dont understand Nigeria politics who are doing follow-follow were rubbing their mouth. Have I not been vindicated when I said PDP crisis will be a child’s play compare to what will happen in APC. Have you heard of those planning to form nAPC? I am not God and I am not claiming to be but I know the end of APC from their beginning due to the mode of emergence of the party and their unconventional recruitment strategies. Let us keep watching as events unfold. PDP1 like I earlier predicted will laugh last!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Leaked Memo: Buhari Summons Kyari, Oyo-Ita After FEC Clash

by Punch Newspaper Nov 02, 2017 President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday summoned his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, and the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, over their clash at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The fierce crossfire between Kyari and Oyo-Ita, which occurred shortly before the Federal Executive Council meeting, was believed to have been caused by the leaked memo, which Oyo-Ita sent to Kyari on the controversial reinstatement and posting of the embattled former chairman of the Pension Reforms Commission, Abdulrasheed Maina. A source at the meeting said Kyari accused Oyo-Ita of leaking the memo, which she wrote to the CoS on the reinstatement of Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina into the Civil Service. In the memo, which was exclusively published by The PUNCH on Tuesday, Oyo-Ita said that she warned the President against asking Maina to return to the civil service, saying doing so could affect ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Again, Presidency replies Amnesty International over report on killings

President Muhammadu Buhari The Presidency has accused Amnesty International of drawing “wrong conclusions” in its latest report highlighting the failure of the Nigerian government to check rampant killings in the last three years. The Nigerian Army had earlier dismissed the report, demanding the withdrawal of the group from the country, while the Presidency in its initial response “expressed concerns” about the group’s report. But in a more measured tone Thursday, the Presidency, through spokesperson Garba Shehu, commended Amnesty International for some of its conclusions, but said its evidence gathering was flawed. Read the full statement below: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT, DRAWING THE WRONG CONCLUSIONS – PRESIDENCY The first thing to say about Amnesty International’s Report: Setting the Record Straight is to thank the organisation for confirming a fact stated time and again by President Muhammadu Buhari that the conflict between herders and farmers i...
Post a Comment
Read more

2Baba’s publicist, activists urge Nigerian youth on violence-free election

February 14, 2018 Organised campaign by the Initiative for Africa Youth Advancement Advocacy and Empowerment, IAYAAE, themed "Elections without Bloodbath". A publicist to popular Nigerian pop artiste, Innocent Idibia (2Baba), Efe Omoregbe, on Tuesday called on Nigerian youth to act rather than complain about the state of the nation. Mr. Omoregbe spoke at a programme organised by the Initiative for Africa Youth Advancement Advocacy and Empowerment, IAYAAE, themed “Elections without Bloodbath”. The programme, which held at the premises of the Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Secretariat, Lagos, was put together to sensitise the youth on the dangers of electoral violence. Mr. Omoregbe in his intervention called to the youth to deploy affirmative action and apply knowledge gathered synthetic programme during electioneering. He told the crowd to rise and act by taking responsibilities without trading blames, saying the Nigeria of today is the nat...
Post a Comment
Read more