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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!

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