The battle of who will clinch the APC Senatorial ticket of Oyo North Senatorial District between the duo of the member representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Iwajowa/Kajola Federal Constituency, Hon. Shina Peller and the serving Senator of the zone, Senator Fatai Buhari who is currently jostling to return to the upper chamber for the third term has taken a new dimension as loyalists believed to be supporting his third term agenda gathered yesterday in Saki Town Hall where a solidarity support was held to publicly announce their vote of confidence for him.
ODUDUWA NEWS gathered that a group of people under the aegis of Oke-Ogun Indigenous Youth Solidarity Forum also assembled in Saki where they held a summit to kick against what they termed as injustice to the zone should Ogbomosho indigene returns to the Senatorial seat for third term.
This newspaper reliably confirmed that the two camps almost clashed over the choice of venue of their meetings as Saki City Hall was chosen for the two different meetings. It was also learnt that the hotel accommodation booked by the loyalists of Shina Peller was also booked by Fatai Buhari camp and it led to disagreement.
It was learnt that Shina Peller had earlier made payment to the hotel to accommodate his people but loyalists of Fatai Buhari having had premonition on what the gathering of Shina Peller’s camp was all about made a swift move to foil their plan by booking the same hotel accommodation booked by the loyalists of his rival in the zone.
In the meeting held yesterday, the former Commissioner for Works, Alh. Wasiu Azuzu believed to be the arrowhead, championing the third term agenda of Fatai Buhari among several other APC leaders declared their vote of confidence and solidarity support for the return of Fatai Buhari for the third term.
In the meantime, the group of people under the aegis of Oke-Ogun Indigenous Youth Solidarity Forum in their summit held simultaneously with the declaration of support by Fatai Buhari’s group kicked against third term agenda of Senator Fatai Buhari and vowed that they would mobilize against any candidate vying for the Senatorial seat outside Oke-Ogun region. The group invited all Oke-Ogun indigenes contesting in the zone for meeting and had in attendance, the two leading senatorial aspirants under the platform of APC in attendance, Saheed Alaran and Shina Peller. They however called on all stakeholders in Oke-Ogun to ensure that the zone is not marginalized politically as it would be a total injustice should Ogbomosho with three local government councils lord themselves over a region with ten local government areas.