By GBENGA OLARINOYE

OSOGBO — FORMER National Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and National Secretary of the new Peoples Democratic Party,“nPDP, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, yesterday, explained why he parted way with National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, to team up with Alhaji Kawu Baraje.

He also disclosed how members of the faction beat the security operatives to form new PDP at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua International Conference Centre, Abuja.

Oyinlola, who spoke while addressing members of the nPDP loyal to him from all the 30 local government areas of the state, at a rally in Okuku, his home town, said his travails in the PDP started in 2011 as a result of his loyalty to former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

He recalled that the current crisis which polarised the PDP started in 2010 when President Goodluck Jonathan declared his intention to contest the 2011 presidential election and perceived some serving governors as not being supportive of his ambition.