Omisore to PDP members: Let’s adopt Osun’s winning model for peace, reconciliation

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyiola Omisore, has congratulated the members of the party in Osun State for the convincing win at the bye-election senatorial polls held over the weekend and today’s Supreme Court ruling confirming Senator Ahmed Makarfi as the authentic Chairman of the PDP, stressing that it was a sign of better results to come.

In his statement made available to the Tribune Online, he said, “Today marks a watershed in our fledgling democracy. It should ordinarily be a day of celebration for democracy, rule of law and due process and in measured way, we should all celebrate the new beginning in our quest to make Nigeria great again and reclaim the precious time the nation has lost to maladministration and purposeless governance being currently witnessed at the centre. By the grace of the Almighty, this period of locusts will soon end.

“Today should largely be a day of deep introspection for our leaders in the rejuvenated PDP. Without doubt, today’s judgement has taken us out of the wilderness but we can only get to the Promised Land by taking over in 2019, immediate takeover of Anambra in 2017, Osun and Ekiti in 2018 governorship elections if we quickly close ranks and seamlessly move together as one indivisible party.

In this regard, I’m recommending the peace, unity and reconciliation model we adopted in Osun State, which saw the hitherto two factions fusing together to face a common enemy in the disaster known as APC ruling government in Osun State, a state which has been completely grounded by Rauf Aregbesola.

“For us in Osun, Everyone was united in a singular purpose of ending the reign of terror and nuisance, foisted on the state by the Ajele governor. Our unity encouraged the disgruntled, traumatised, raped, grounded, dehumanised and abandoned Osun people to simply queue behind us. The result was the 9-1 trouncing we handed APC in Osun West Senatorial district bye-election last weekend. That is the power of unity. That is purpose of reconciliation.

Nigerians are ready to embrace PDP again, having tasted the APC sting. But they must see a united PDP. Today, nobody won and everybody won. The future of the unborn generations is what today’s judgement is about. The tomorrow of the nation and its prosperity is what the Supreme Court has just settled. I end with a slight amendment to the popular cliche, “All victors, no vanquished”, he said.