Former Deputy Senate Whip, Senator Hosea Agboola, popularly known as Alleluyah has said that the resurgence of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Oyo State is a warning signal to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
The Igbojaye-born politician revealed that the party is working on reconciling some of its ex-members, expressing optimism that they will bury their differences.
According to him, “We are working on it and hopefully, we will get a good result. Former governors of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja and Adebayo Alao-Akala and others, as you are aware, have said that they are open to returning to the PDP. We are expecting them. You saw that when the chairman of the PDP National Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, came to Ibadan, he also reached out to them. That is to tell you that PDP means business in Oyo State this time and it should send enough signals to the opposition.”
On how the deep mistrust and misunderstanding that exist among major leaders of the party will not scuttle the new alliance, he said: “Politics is like that; there will always be differences but how we handle them is what matters. I am sure that we will be able to achieve peace and work together this time round. You also know that most of the differences are caused by ambition. So, if we can all agree to work together and we scale the hurdle of picking a governorship candidate, I am sure that there won’t be problem. We are all members of one political family; we have worked together in the past.”
He was unsure about the return of both former governors Rashidi Ladoja and Adebayo Alao-Akala, explaining “I cannot answer that question. I can only relay what I told that they said they are coming back to the party. If you want to prove further that they will really come, then you have to go and confirm with them.
