The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on Tuesday advised his Ekiti state counterpart, Dr. Ayodele Fayose to accept that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is dead politically.
Aregbesola stated this when his Fayose paid him a courtesy call at the Government House in Osogbo.
He said, “Osoko has said that he is not going to leave his party, but the reality today is that PDP has served its term in Nigeria. When a horse is dead, it is either you abandon it or you bury it.
“I want my good friend and brother to know that PDP has exhausted it’s stay in Nigeria, it can no longer be revived, let us look at a political party that will give hope to our people. Opposition must be for a purpose, I stand by you on the unity of Yoruba land and that our leaders not put down in the country.
“The war is over, we are in a season of mobilising our people to agriculture and produce such that we will economically have the strength to give leadership to the Nation and Africa. Our energy must be directed at bringing human and physical development, we have enough in this region to give leadership”. Aregbesola stressed.
He assured Fayose that he will stand by him in his effort to galvanise the people of South-west for accelerated development.
Fayose on his part, had said he didn’t come to Osun for any political reason.
He stated that he is not ready to abandon the PDP for the All Progressives Congress (APC) but for his belief in the Yoruba race and her development and unity.
Fayose further stated that the Yoruba race is greater than any political office hence his belief in the development of the race.
He said : “This is my first official visit to any APC state in Nigeria. I am not in Osogbo to ask Aregbesola to help me beg as being speculated in some quarters. We are all Yoruba, politics is like water, it can flow anywhere.
“I believe in the Yoruba race, the race comes first before the office of the governor. The race is eternal while that of governor is momentary. We must watch today to be guided by tomorrow. I am here for the unity of Yoruba as it affect the Oodua, the progenitor” Fayose emphasised.
TVC
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