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The faction of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State opposed to the state
governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala, is holding a rally in Ibadan, the state
capital, today, to register their readiness to thwart the governor’s
ambition to run for a second term under the party’s platform in the
state.

The rally is
scheduled to hold at the Akingbade, Old Ife-Road, parallel secretariat
of the party and will be addressed by the internal opposition leaders,
including Lekan Balogun; former governor, Rashidi Ladoja; former deputy
national chairman of the party, Yekeen Adeojo; and former minister of
special duties, Wole Oyelese, among others.

For a long time,
the coalition had consistently slugged it out with the governor and his
team over the constitution of the incumbent executive of the party in
the state, describing the February 2008 election that produced them as
illegal, having been held in utter disregard to a court injunction
restraining it.

Steps taken to
correct the frosty situation, including the intervention of the
national executive of the party, have not yielded any tangible result.

The group has also
consistently called for a fresh congress since a mediation team led by
Ike Nwachukwu held reconciliatory meeting with the faction, where it
was openly observed that the state executive was not properly formed,
and an implementation committee was formed to midwife a properly
constituted executive.

Legal suit against governor

Sources informed
NEXT that all logistics to make today’s rally a big success has already
been put in place, as all the individuals and parties involved are
working hard to achieve that.

The coalition has
also gone to court to stop the proposed primaries of the party in which
Mr. Alao-Akala is billed to be announced as the party’s sole
governorship candidate in the 2011 elections.

The case will be heard at an Abuja High Court this week.