Following the 2023 general election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) South-West chapter has begun reconciliation.
On Thursday, the party pleaded with Segun Oni, the former governor of Ekiti State, to return to the party.
Oni left the party in the aftermath of the 2022 Ekiti State governorship primary.
The Chairman of the PDP in the Southwest, Soji Adagunodo, led a delegation of the party in the zone to the former governor at his Ifaki Ekiti residence, who was represented by the Secretary, Rahman Owokoniran.
He claimed that the PDP is willing to bring Oni back into the fold in order to get the party back on track.
In a statement issued on Thursday, PDP Southwest Publicity Secretary Sanya Atofarati urged Oni to return immediately.
After leaving the SDP, Oni joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP), where he ran for governor and finished second.
Atofarati stated;
Our position is for him (Oni) to return to the PDP. The election has come and gone, what is important for us is to strengthen the party and reconcile with all the leaders and members who left the party for one reason or the other.
It is on that basis that we met with him. We discussed this at length with the former governor. We appealed to him to consider PDP as his one and only option.
The former governor, in his reaction, said that we should give him the privilege of meeting with his supporters for deliberation to take a stand. He said that PDP is his home although there are some options before him at the moment.
We had meaningful deliberation and we are hopeful we will have him back in the PDP. We will leave no stone unturned in bringing back our leaders and members who left for other parties.
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