THE DEATH OF THE PDP & THE COMING DEATH OF THE APC!!

I missed my session of goodnight thoughts yesterday due to circumstances beyond my control. My apologies.

Here is your midnight thoughts for today. Ponder on these issues while you go to bed and come up with whatever decision suits your life!

In 2003 when Oyinlola was elected the Governor of OSUN State, his intention was not the Gubernatorial election. He was actually preparing to run for Senate. The then executives of the PDP decided to convince him to run because of the negative image already imprinted in the hearts of the people concerning Isiaka Adeleke as being a wasteful spender and a bad manager of resources. This coupled with 'spiritual consultations' meant Adeleke was not sellable.

Oyinlola being a neutral candidate acceptable to all parties was wooed and he consequently contested. The politicking that led to his emergence is not my focus on this session.

When he finally became Governor, Oyinlola showed signs of being a good administrator, promptly fixing the errors of the immediate past administration. Of significant importance was his reabsorption of retrenched workers.

Few years down the line however, his political activities began showing a worrisome pattern. It is said that absolute power corrupts absolutely, this played out in Lagun's case. All of a sudden, he became a dictatorial politician who would singlehandedly pick candidates without primary elections or coerce opponents into stepping down. His second term ambition against Kola Ogunwale, Jumoke Etteh vs Wale Ajanaku scenarios and a host of others are valid examples.

Eventually, it became clearer to every keen observer that he was politically loyal to Obasanjo. Of course, a son must run the DNA of his father. OBJ in his dictatorial nature, had manifestations in Lagun's life. He became a dictator too.

Jonathan came in and he began trying to flush out the old dictators and establish a new set of politicians. That was when OBJ, Oyinlola and others began having problems with GEJ.

Today however, that set of dictatorial fathers and sons are now in the APC. More worrisome is the fact that the APC is a conglomeration of dictators. ACN dictators who in themselves have no regard for internal democracy, APGA dictators led by another OBJ son looking for South-East dominance, PDP dictators in the mix of Saraki, the Kwara born-to-rule dynasty and a host of others. Oyinlola is one of these people now.

Their clashes of interest came so fast because the new PDP that took Oyinlola into APC consists of real dictators who wants power, yet wants to determine who gets the leftover. The ACN, CPC and APGA they went to meet are just in this category as well. How then can four he-goats mount one she?

The PDP ran into crisis in OSUN because under Oyinlola, the rules of internal democracy were thrown into the dustbin. The PDP ran into crisis in Nigeria because an old set of dictators clashed with a new, upcoming set....fire!

APC is now edging very close to that dilemma. The party is now essentially made up of egoistic politicians who all want power for the sake of power.

The party's implosion is nearer than we think!