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.
Back home in 2017, Sen. Rashidi Ladoja camp with his like minds party leaders should have produced the PDP governorship candidate, but, Seyi Makinde and his cohort had their way, they held a parallel congress, got national recognition and heart of the party including in the southwest zone, later they reconcile many of the aggrieved, all was settled, they moved on, thereafter won the Governorship race.
Same things happened in Oyo All Progressives Congress before 2019 governorship election, before the eve of our primary, the preferred choice of entire APC Oyo state was Engr. Oladunkanmi Joseph Tegbe, in a Mafia manner, Gov. Abiola Ajimobi changed the choice of people to Adabayo Adelabu, yet Engr. 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 Progressives.
On the October 30th Oyo APC state Congress, the deed has been done, what matter to us is not a media tantrum but a genuine reconciliations, unity and agreement ahead of primary elections, 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 remain within and kill the chance of APC for the second term.
Moreover, addressing some chieftains, leaders within the party as alien is not encouraging at this crucial time, many had gone to south before returning to the party again, in as much we are all in the tenet of the same party at the moment, then all entitled to equal right.
It had been noticed that, many of those who worked against the party in 2019 are those fighting to take the driving seat of our party against 2023.
The likes of Baba Kunle Sanda, Baba Abu Gbadamosi and others who led team of APC office holders out of the party to ADC prior to 2019 general elections later came back empty handed, unfortunately now claiming, 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 writes from University of Ibadan
