Paul
Moderator
One of the leaders of the new faction of the (PDP) and former Osun State governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has said that it will be impossible for the Peoples Democratic Party to win the 2014 governorship election in the state without his support.
Oyinlola said this on Sunday while addressing party supporters at the Odo Otin Grammar School, in Okuku, Oyinlola’s hometown where they gathered to welcome him back home.
According to reports from Punch Newspaper, Oyinlola said, “I am happy that despite the threat that you should no longer associate with me, you still come out in large number to honour me. God will honour you all. Without my support, it will be impossible for the PDP to win the governorship election in Osun State.
“They can only go round to campaign with what they intend to do but if I follow them I will tell the people what I have done in the state.”
Describing Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, as a dictator, the former governor said he ran the affairs of the party without resorting to the provisions of the constitution.
According to the former governor, he said that his crisis with Tukur started immediately after they both assumed office in March 2012, when Tukur appointed a chief of staff and media aides, which was against what the PDP constitution stipulated.
However, He said that his stand as the National Secretary of the party that those aides should not be paid from the party’s purse triggered off the crisis.
Onyilola also said that President Goodluck Jonathan victimised him because of his relationship with Gen. Ibrahim Babangida who he said he had known for over 30 years.