Osun Election: President Jonathan met With Former Governor Oyinlola

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, July 1 met behind closed doors with a former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The agenda of the meeting which held for close to an hour was not disclosed, It was gathered that it has something to do with the forthcoming Osun state governorship election, Premium Times reports.

Oyinlola, a former National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, was led to the meeting with the President by the party’s National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu.

It is believed that Oyinlola who was controversially removed as the party’s national secretary and is challenging his removal and eventual replacement in court, wields a lot of power in Osun state.

Addressing journalist after the meeting, Oyinlola who refused to disclose the details of the meeting said he was determined to reclaim his position as National Secretary of the PDP as in the face of the law, the position was still his and anybody occupying the office was just a pretender.

"I was taken to the villa by the chairman of the party PDP, and we had some discussions as to how to move the fortunes of the party forward," he said.

Oyinlola was a member of the New PDP which was formed when some PDP governors had issues with the former party chairman, Bamanga Tukur but after they merged with the APC, he decided to remain in the PDP and fight for his position which was taken from him.