Group Brokers Peace In Ogu Leadership Crisis

The intervention of a group under the aegis of Omollu in the protracted bickering, between Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State and Group of 15 (G15) state House of Assembly members may have yielded positive result.
Our correspondent reports that the G15 lawmakers led by the speaker, Tunji Egbetokun, had for a long time engaged in a face-off with the governor which defied amicable resolution despite various intervention.
The Tide gathered that the group with its members drawn from the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, decided to step in to resolve the crisis between Daniel and the G15 lawmakers with a view to ensuring that PDP hold firmly its grip on the state come 2011.
It was further learnt that a top PDP source under anonymity, said the group’s intervention in the crisis, was a welcome development, describing it as a right step in the right direction.
The source said the intervention in the feud by the group has gone a long way in calming frayed nerves and restored stability in the party.
The effort has also been noticed by the party secretariat in Abuja.
The Tide learnt that the group to strengthen the party may not be unconnected with the fact that PDP is wary of oppositions who may cash in on the crisis to sway victory to their side in 2011.
Some of those opposed to the moves of the group, according to findings, are said to be jittery and feeling threatened over the over-all influence the group had been having on members of the party.
However, Daniel is said to have endorsed the group’s efforts at stability in the party, but some of his aids are allegedly said to have contrary opinion and have embarked on smear campaign aimed at discrediting the group.