Alao- Akala, Ladoja May Re-join PDP
Fresh facts have emerged that the former governors of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala and Rashidi Ladoja may rejoin the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
A former Minister of Sports, Professor Taoheed Adedoja who hinted journalists about the development, declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as a cohesive party, will come back united, and stronger in the 2019 general elections.
He said, “we are trying to correct our mistakes, PDP will come out stronger than when it went into crisis.
“You can see the clamor for people who left the party wanting to come back into the party and that is going to make it an even more cohesive party than the pre-crisis period,” he explained.
He expressed optimism that some former members of the PDP in the state, who left the party will soon rejoin.
”Oyo State PDP presently is trying to come together on a common front and if you recall, there was a meeting last Wednesday of stakeholders in Oyo State at Wadata Plaza (PDP national secretariat).
“From the feelers we got from the meeting, there is a way forward in terms of coming together to form a cohesive party. And I think we are on the way to that and that is a prelude to what the national secretariat is doing. I think we are on the way.”
Adedoja, a former provost of the Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, said that he is confident the duo of former governors Rashidi Ladoja and Adebayo Alao-Akala will return to the PDP, adding that ”naturally, if there’s a meeting and somebody sends a representative, the body language is there, there is a signal that the person is interested by the overtures being made and also attaches seriousness to it.
“And I believe that they will consider the move. But all I know personally is that if such a thing is happening, it shouldn’t be given too much prominence as it is because it is under discussion. Remember these people belong to their parties and the party is wooing them at the same time.
“The parties they are in are also saying they want them to remain. At the end of the day, I am sure they will take the right decision. And I believe strongly that the right decision will be for them to come back to the fold that they belong to,” he added.
