Politicians across political lines are currently engaged in political horsetrading ahead of ongoing political transfers across party lines, investigations by Sahel Standard have revealed.
For the past two weeks, members of the various political parties have commenced alignment and realignment, which are likely to shake the political fabrics of the state,
Checks among various political parties showed that a high level of uncertainty presently pervades the state as rumors and insinuation spread even among the top leaders.
Members of both the All Progressive Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party are as unsure as those of the newly formed coalition, the African Democratic Congress(ADC).
Within the APC, rumour of members of the Peoples Democratic Party defecting to the federal ruling Party is unsettling the APC in the same way as the PDP members are worried about unconfirmed reports that the state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke may defect to the APC.
Sahel Standard gathered that the new opposition in the state, the ADC, is equally troubled because the image of Mr Rauf Aregbesola is clouding the entire coalition.
The Aregbesola factor has become both a liability and assets as the tag of Akintola is being imposed on the ADC even as the Atiku group in the state appears to have been lost within the Omoluabi caucus of Aregbesola.
A chat with some PDP leaders revealed a sense of dejavu as none was ready to confirm or deny rumor of imminent exit of the Governor to the APC.
Another PDP member from Ikirun explained the current confusion, stressing that mixed signals are coming, which he said deepens the uncertainty.
” We don’t know, actually. But we have huge trust in our leaders. We have the belief that whatever decision they will take will be in the best interest of the state and members, “a PDP member from Osogbo narrated.
” Defection of Mr Governor, well, we are waiting on our leaders. What I can tell you, though, is that head or tail, Governor Adeleke, will be reelected, “the party member from Ikirun noted.
Members of the APC are even more disturbed as attested to by their comments on social media.
Insiders confided in our correspondent that the governor’s defection is beyond the state APC. According to them, the matter is being directly handled by Mr. President
” What we know so far is that Mr. President is directly involved. We are waiting for instructions. We can not question Mr President”, the APC member from Ile Ife said.
