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Blackmailing, intimidating Saraki, Iyorchia Ayu will not help PDP – Diran Odeyemi

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Diran Odeyemi, has cautioned the party members against blackmailing and intimidating former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the new leadership of the party led by Iyorchia Ayu.

Odeyemi disclosed that intimidation and blackmail against Saraki and other PDP’s reconciliation committee members would not help the party.

He was reacting to a statement issued by one Apesin-Abiodun Adegoke, where he made claims against Saraki and the committee members, following the crisis in the Osun State chapter of PDP.

In a statement he signed, Odeyemi described Adegoke’s remark as misleading against Saraki and Ayu.

Odeyemi said, “My attention has been drawn to a statement issued by one Apesin-Abiodun Adegoke who claims to be from Modakeke in Ife East Area Office in which he made many libellous, mischievous, and false claims, particularly directed at the chairman of the committee, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki who was also President of the Senate between 2015 to 2019.

“There are more lies by the dubious author of that press statement. Dr. Saraki volunteered on his own to help his party win the Governorship elections in 2018 and I can say it without any fear of contradiction that there was no other PDP member outside Osun State who did as much as the former Senate President to help Osun State win the elections. When the manipulators got the election results declared inconclusive, Saraki on his own volition approached Chief Iyiola Omisore on September 24, 2018, three days to the re-run elections to help the PDP win the elections, particularly in the wards in Ile Ife areas. The meeting with Omisore was held in the presence of so many leaders and even aides. No secret meeting or secret agreement which Saraki could have breached was arrived at. It was just a visit to appeal to and appease the former Deputy Governor to support his party. The following day after Saraki’s visit, the APC team led by its then national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, and four serving governors also visited the former Senator. It was obvious Omisore went with the ruling party with the better promises they made to him. So, which liar from hell is now claiming Omisore did not support PDP because Dr. Saraki or any PDP member broke promises to him. Which promise? At what time before the re-run election was any promise made and broken? Liars do not care about facts. They just want to muddle up the water.

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