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Rauf Aregbesola, Osun state overnor, on Tuesday advised Ayodele Fayose, his Ekiti state counterpart “to face the reality of the death of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a party”.
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Aregbesola said this when Fayose paid him a surprising visit at the Osun state government house in Osogbo, capital of the state.

He also charged the Ekiti state governor to direct his energy towards bringing human and physical development to western region and Nigeria as a whole.

“Osoko has said that he is not going to leave his party, but the reality today is that PDP has served its term in Nigeria. When a horse is dead, it is either you abandon it or you bury it,” he said.

“I want my good friend and brother to know that PDP has exhausted its stay in Nigeria, it can no longer be revived, let us look at a political party that will give hope to our people. Opposition must be for a purpose, I stand by you on the unity of Yoruba land and that our leaders not put down in the country.

“The war is over, we are in a season of mobilising our people to agriculture and produce such that we will economically have the strength to give leadership to the Nation and Africa. Our energy must be directed at bringing human and physical development, we have enough in this region to give leadership.”

He assured Fayose that he would stand by him in his effort to galvanise the people of south-west for accelerated development.

Aregbesola also lamented the current economic situation of the country, saying there is an invasion on the economy of Nigeria.

“The country is facing a very serious crises with the rate at which the crude oil price is falling. There is an invasion on the economy to the level that we are loosing 75 percent of our income which is not good,” he said.

“At this point, wise people must have an alternative to oil which part of it is your visit. We must use our culture and affinity to form a bond that can make our people live a normal life, it is a duty that we owe our people, states and Nigeria as a whole.”

Fayose denied reports that he was in Osogbo to ask Aregbesola help him beg President Muhammadu Buhari.

Making referance to the recent visit of the Ooni of Ife to the Alaafin of Oyo, he said he was in Osun for the unity of Yoruba race, which he described as greater than any political office.

“This is my first official visit to any APC state in Nigeria. I am not in Osogbo to ask Aregbesola to help me beg as being speculated in some quarters. We are all Yoruba, politics is like water, it can flow anywhere,” he said.

“I believe in the Yoruba race, the race comes first before the office of the governor. The race is eternal while that of governor is momentary. We must watch today to be guided by tomorrow. I am here for the unity of Yoruba as it affect the Oodua, the progenitor.”