The membership registration and validation in Osun State All Progresives Congress has compounded the challenge of reconciliation in the polarised chapter.
However, it is evident that Omisore is gazing at the future. He plans to assist the party to retain power by working assiduously from his Ile-Ife axis. It is in his own interest too. Thereafter, he will not contemplate retirement. The former deputy governor still harbours governorship ambition. He will not be a dormant APC member. As a stepping stone, he may want to return to the Senate to represent Ife-Ijesa District on the platform of APC. Aregbesola is from the district.
Reconciliation is a matter of the heart. Sometimes, it is difficult. Most times, it is possible. It imposes some challenges. Vinsceral commitment is required. To borrow the late Ven. Emmanuel Alayande’s admonition to the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo when he was going to the historic Jo’s convention of the Action Group, political actors locked in rivalry need to be “less inflexible and more condescending.
The poll was inconclusive. There was no clear winner. It was not a tribute to a political family that had held sway in the State of Living Springs for eight years. Again, the lesson is that the impressive performance of a popular government may not guarantee victory during election, unless the party puts its house in order.
Having realised the inadequacy, the solution became comprehensible. When the group photograph of a parley between Omisore and Kayode Fayemi/Olu Agunsoye appeared in newspapers, people knew that the sudden amity will produce desired results.