Former national secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola has attributed the electoral downfall of the party to his exit from the party.
Oyinlola who said he has never for once regretted dumping the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC), said the decision was a personal conviction having been humiliated and frustrated out of the party.
Answering questions on an Osogbo based radio station, Rave Fm programme named Frank Talk, on Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the creation of Osun State, Oyinlola lamented that he was left alone by Osun state chapter of PDP during his travails.
The one time military governor of Lagos State and former civilian governor of Osun State attribued his success so far to God who he claimed has been fighting his battles.
His words: “It is my own personal conviction to join politics and decamp to the APC. Those who believe in me followed me to the APC. It is my personal decision to be a politician and when I see that issues are not going to favour me and the people I represent, I took a good decision”.
“Let me remind our people that it was the removal of Oyinlola as secretary that led to the movement of those PDP governors that left the party for the APC. I warned them-the PDP! I made a press statement on the 13th of November 2013 where I told them pointedly that if I don’t return as secretary of the party, the PDP would stop being a ruling party.
“And I said the party would tear from top to bottom. God is answering the prayer now. After I made that statement, the next thing I heard from Chief Babatope was that Oyinlola was playing God. I told them that I was not playing God; that they are the ones that have cheated the son of God and he will fight for me. God is doing that happily.