The Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose and his estranged friend and former secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ekiti State chapter, Dr. Temitope K. Aluko, have reconciled and reunited as friends and brothers as they used to be before crisis scattered them.
Both Fayose and Aluko met Sunday night in Lagos behind closed door to resolve the lingering crisis between them since 2014.
The duo came out from Eko Hotel Signature at midnight to declare to the waiting journalists that the crisis between them was now over, with commitment to work together again to move Ekiti state forward.
The reconciliation effort was reportedly facilitated by the immediate past speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Dele Olugbemi, who was of the conviction that united we stand, divided we fall.
Fielding questions from the pressmen, Aluko said he had come down to see Governor Fayose, who he described as his brother, declaring that the crisis that led to misunderstanding between them was being resolved and that appreciable progress had been made towards achieving a lasting peace
But the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State has said Aluko remains barred from the party.
The party, which described whatever happened between the state governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose and Aluko in the meeting held in Lagos yesterday as “settling of personal grouses” said it would not reverse Aluko’s expulsion from the party.
State Publicity Secretary of the party, Jackson Adebayo, while reacting to the said meeting of Governor Fayose and Aluko in Lagos, said as far as the PDP in Ekiti State is concerned, “Aluko has been expelled and he remained expelled.”
Adebayo said “After collaborating with the APC to cause the confusion, I can say it categorically that Aluko is not welcomed in the PDP in Ekiti State.