Who has the final say? My leaving or staying in PDP depends on Jonathan – Oyinlola

by ‘Jola Sotubo

Olagunsoye Oyinlola

The embattled National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olagunsoye Oyinlola is said to have stated that his decision to either stay in or leave the PDP depends on President Goodluck Jonathan.

The former governor of Osun is said to have disclosed this to his supporters amidst rumours that he was being wooed by rival party, All Progressives Congress (APC).

Oyinlola was among the embattled members of the PDP who stormed out of the party’s National Convention last year and formed what was known as the “New PDP” before most of its members joined the APC.

The Tribune reports:

Nigerian Tribune authoritatively gathered that Oyinlola, who was under intense pressure by the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to team up with the incumbent Governor Rauf Aregbesola to ensure victory for APC in the governorship election, was said to have informed his loyalists that his decision to leave or stay in PDP rested on President Goodluck Jonathan.

The impeccable source, who was part of a meeting held at the Okuku country home of the former governor on Saturday evening, said “Oyinlola informed us that he would remain committed to the PDP, regardless of his travails over the protracted battle on national secretaryship, which is now before the Supreme Court in Abuja.”

According to the source, the former governor restated his firm conviction that he remained the only legally recognised national secretary of PDP, saying he (Oyinlola) would only consider leaving the party “if the president tells him to go.”

Oyinlola was also quoted to have said that President Jonathan was deeply and actively involved in the process that produced him as the secretary, adding that if he would have to change party, only the president’s order to leave could make him dump his party.

“The meeting was just to know exactly the stand of Prince Oyinlola.The visit by the APC leaders and the series of reports that followed it are making some of us uncomfortable and he has assured us of his readiness to support the PDP,” the source hinted.

On the non-involvement of Oyinlola in the electioneering activities of the PDP governorship candidate in the state, the source said “Oyinlola informed us that since his suspension has not been lifted, he was not allowed to participate in party activities.”

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