The Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said it is concerned that the ‘ugly events unfolding in the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC)’ may culminate in disruption of public peace.
To this end, the party charged the Nigerian police to be on red alert and put in place close monitoring measures to forestall any breakout of violence from the current crisis in the Oyo APC.
The party, in a statement by its publicity secretary, Akeem Olatunji, said the rejection of the newly inaugurated Chairman of the Oyo APC by party stakeholders, the inauguration of new state local government excos on Monday was a recipe for crisis and violence.
The party cautioned that the Oyo APC crisis should not be allowed to spill over into what the state government and the security apparatus in the state will have to expend state resources upon.
The statement read, “Even though we acknowledge that no matter how they try to package themselves as repentant political militia once in government, we must say unequivocally that as the ruling party with an absolute commitment to the security of lives and properties as well as the welfare of all residents within the state, we are disturbed by the ugly events unfolding in the Oyo State APC.
“The multifaceted internal war among the Oyo APC ranks has given us and residents of the state serious cause of concern.
“While some stakeholders yesterday unanimously rejected the newly elected and Inaugurated Chairman of Oyo APC, a new state and local governments executives were being inaugurated which to us is a recipe for the worse crisis that may culminate into disrupting the public peace currently pervading every nooks and crannies of the state.
“While we acknowledge that internal crisis emanating from misunderstandings within a political party is part of the conflict of interests, it is exigent and imperative to state that such crisis should not be allowed to spill over outside the party into what the state government and its security council would be hoodwinked into managing from scarce resources.
“Politics is a game and must not be a do or die affair as being shamelessly displayed by the Oyo state APC and as the ruling party, it is worthy of note that such attributes from Oyo APC are not only unacceptable in a 21st-century political space, to say the least but also disgusting for any serious politician.
“We, therefore, want to put the Nigeria Police on red alert by calling on other security agencies in the state to as part of proactive measures put close monitoring measures in place in order to forestall any form of unpleasant end from the raging whirlwind within the Oyo State APC because we understand that their hallmark which is ‘no other way if not my way’ may degenerates into chaos if not urgently tamed.
“We know that the choice to choose between paradise and hellfire lies on individuals, it behoves on individual persons to in the spirit of taking advantage of salvation and redemption heed to the voice of reason and not use selfish and desperate political aspirations to plunge our dear pacesetter state into chaos.”
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