Segun Akanni, Toronto, Canada 
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, Alhaji Abdulrasheed Adebisi popularly known as Olopoeyan has revealed all that transpired between him and the national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu during his visit to him after their photo surfaced on social media.
According to the PDP stalwart, meeting with Tinubu does not imply that he has left his party for the opposition party (APC).
”It was Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who invited me to come see him. He said he has heard a lot about me and would love us to work together. He said he would like me to join Oyo APC. Respectfully, I told him that I am in PDP and that I cannot join the APC. I, however, told him that I love him. He said he loves people like me too.”
”I remember that late former governor Abiola Ajimobi extended similar gesture to me in 2012. Thank God Alhaji Fatai Ibikunle, who was late Ajimobi’s political adviser as at then is still alive. He was at the meeting. Former governor Abiola Ajimobi asked me to come over to the APC and that he would give me more than what his predecessor, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala was doing for me. I rejected it respectfully. And we related till he died last year.”
“It is true that I met Asiwaju. I am happy I know him. I am happy I met someone I love. I love him personally without anything attached. But I am in PDP. I have not joined APC.” he explained
Speaking on his relationship with Oyo State Governor, Olopoeyan noted that they were in good terms and he still remains in the party.
“We are not fighting. I am in PDP. The last we spoke was September 2020.”
It would be recalled that Olopoeyan who accused the Governor of Oyo State Engr. Seyi Makinde of not giving due recognition to party members was one of the popular names around the governor before and during the 2019 elections.
