ADELEKE ADESANYA
Following moves by the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and other leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Southwest to bring back the former Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, into the party, youth-members across the region have kicked against the plan, warning that the decision will kill the party.
In a statement signed by the convener of the group in the South-West PDP, Oluwole Durojaiye, the youths said the activities of the former Ogun governor cost the party the presidential poll that was lost by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in 2019.
They said Daniel had acted like a mole in the party while he worked for the opposition All Progressives Congress.Their statement read, “It is on record that despite being the director-general of the Atiku presidential campaign, Gbenga Daniel did not even wait for official reaction to the election results by the PDP and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar before dumping the party.
“The question is, would Otunba Gbenga Daniel have dumped the PDP as he did in 2019 if Atiku had won the presidential election?
“As far as we are concerned, Gbenga Daniel acted like a mole during the election and it was actions of traitors like him that cost PDP that election.
“Most importantly, as at today, all his (Daniel) right hand men are in APC. Many of them are even appointees of the APC government in the state. Presently, his hotel in Abeokuta is where APC activities are held and he was still in a meeting with Governor Dapo Abiodun a few days ago.”