Nathaniel Zacchaeus, Abuja
A member of the All Progressives Congress representing Osun West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Adelere Oriolowo, has urged the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to reconcile with the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, before the Saturday’s House of Assembly elections in Osun State.

Aregbesola and Tinubu have been having a running battle immediately the former ended his eight years tenure as governor of Osun State in 2015.

The development was responsible for the abysmal performance of the APC in Osun State at the recent Governorship Election and the just concluded National Assembly polls in the state.

Oriolowo appealed in Abuja yesterday when officials of the Nigerians For Bold Actions (NFBA), paid him a courtesy/ congratulatory visit on the victory of Tinubu, during the February 25 Presidential election.

The Senator lamented that the internal crisis had consumed many big political parties in Nigeria, warning party chieftains to refrain from such a menacing crisis.

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When journalists confronted him with the lingering rift between the President-elect and the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Senator appealed that all pending crises within the party in Osun and elsewhere should be resolved before March 11 governorship/ State Assembly elections, so that it would not negatively affect the fortunes of the ruling party at the polls.

He said, “I want to believe that the issue of the internal crisis within political parties is not limited to APC. Of course, you will discover that it is only APC that has survived its internal crisis because you will discover that such a crisis has consumed a number of the big parties.

“You will discover that internal crisis has torn apart many parties and APC is not excluded. But I want to point out that APC has effectively managed its internal crisis. Be that as it may, one of my visions for this country is to have parties that are devoid of internal crisis or at least parties that will be able to manage their internal crisis.

“If you look deeply, you will discover that what has caused a lot of problems within the political parties in this country is an internal crisis. So, we have to do everything to avoid it.”

He observed that the internal crisis within the APC in Osun was so intense, that the opposition party had been rendered inactive since opposition activities were already being done by the ruling party, warning party chieftains to desist from creating factions within the party.

The National Chairman of the NFBA, Chief Taofeek Ayinde, on the occasion urged the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to run an inclusive government.

He said such an arrangement would give all Nigerians a sense of belonging.

Ayinde also urged the President-Elect to tower above ethno-religious sentiments in governance, and lead exemplary, to engender a society where transparency, accountability, and integrity are core values.