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Former governor of Osun state and secretary of the new faction of the Peoples Democratic Party(New PDP), Olagunsoye Oyinlola, said his group(New PDP) tricked authorities into believing they were planning a wedding at a venue they would later use in declaring the new faction.
According to Osun Defenders, Oyinlola said, “They would have sealed the place off the way they did to our party secretariat, but we beat them to it by booking the venue for wedding without making our intention known”.
The group’s office in Maitama Abuja was sealed off by the police weekend, a week after that incident. The office has since remained closed despite condemnations and calls for its reopening.
Mr Oyinlola who spoke in Okuku, his hometown, on Sunday, as the PDP’s crisis continues. He insisted his faction of the party has the authentic executive. During his speech, he repeatedly referred to Bamanga Tukur, the chairman of the President Goodluck Jonathan-led faction of the PDP, as “former chairman”.
Both feuding parties(New PDP and Old PDP) have held several reconciliation meetings but the crisis has so far defied resolution with parties holding on tenaciously to their position.
