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Lani Baderinwa, a former Commissioner for information in Osun State and Secretary, The Osun Progressives, TOP, a faction in Osun State All Progressives Congress’ chapter says that the loss of the recent election by Governor Gboyega Oyetola was self-inflicted. The TOP leader who was the Chief Press Secretary to Chief Bisi Akande, governor in 1999-2003, expressed surprise that efforts made by his faction to ensure that the party was repositioned ahead of the last election were rebuffed by the faction led by Governor Oyetola. He said the governor’s lieutenants misled him to believe that he could successfully suppress the faction loyal to his predecessor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, under whom he (Oyetola) served as Chief of Staff. He spoke about the crisis that rocked the party, efforts at reconciling the two factions and why the step taken by the Abdullah Adamu-led national body to resolve the logjam did not work.
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