As the saying goes,power is not served a la carte, what we had in our great party was just a congress, not even a primary election,the smartest person win this kind of game and reconcile other tendencies.
2020 in USA, there were no congress in more than 6 states, Joe biden and his cohort dusted the other camps (what is liken to JAGBA tactics here) to having their ways. Quickly,they reconcile within and won the election, in 2018.
Back home in 2019, Sen. Adeseun would have been the flag bearer of PDP, but, Seyi Makinde and his cohort held a parallel congress,got national recognition and heart of the party. He staged reconciliation and won the heart of many and later won Governorship race. Later, Sen. Adeseun left PDP and joined APC.
Same things happened in APC, before the eve of our primary,the prefered choice of entire APC Oyo state was Chief Tegbe, in a Mafia manner, Gov. Abiola Ajimobi changed the choice of people to Adabayo Adelabu. Yet,Chief Tegbe was sportsman enough, permitted genuine reconciliation to have its way,for party to be stronger,he let go off the rein and never worked against the party,in fact he spent more on the candidacy of Bayo Adelabu. That is the spirit of a progressive.
On the Oct. 30th Congress, the deed has been done, what matter to us is not a media tantrum but a genuine reconciliation and agreement ahead of primary election, because, if primary election should meet us this way, certainly the two sides will suffer it.
Let reconcile and move on,unless those agent that worked for Seyi Makinde in 2019 have gotten their pay as usual,to again remain within and kill the chance of APC for the second term.
Note: calling some people an alien is never a good tune we should be singing, because so many had gone south in the past. Just take a reminder, is Sen. Adeseun that joined APC in 2019 a landlord,despite his working to see APC failed in 2019?
Is Baba Kunle Sanda, Baba Abu Gbadamosi,who led team of APC office holder out of the party to ADC but came back empty handed be claiming or demanding for the Lordship of the party? Same people that asked Baba Akin Oke led Exco to be disbanded,as their only reason to come back to APC?
Or Femi Lanleyin and co who worked in support of Seyi Makinde suddenly turns around to claim automatic Jersey?
LET US KEEP OUR VOICES LOW AND STOP UNEARTHEN THE DEAD INSTANCES.
As it stands today, Apc is a conglomerate of different party men? Only people from AD are real progressive if we have to go by the trend. Ultimately, We have a common enemy, the current occupier of the state, let’s channel our energy to unseat him, every other interest should be secondary to us.
Adedoyin Kafayat
University of Ibadan
