By Sola Shittu
Reporter, Ibadan

Adedibu wants him to immediately secure the release of former Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Akinsola Tokyo, who is now in detention over a murder incident in Ogbomoso during the administration of Lam Adesina.

He also wants him to de-recognise Lamidi Adetoro as the state’s party Chairman as well as get his lawyer, Abdulrahman Shittu, to retract an interview granted The Nigerian Tribune during the week over the face off.

Adedidu gave the conditions just as the PDP delegation waited for another round of reconciliation talks on Thursday night in Ibadan.

But PDP Deputy National Chairman (North), Ibrahim Shema, has said that the impeachment move against Ladoja, by the Adedibu faction in the state Assembly has nothing to do with the peace process initiated by the party’s national secretariat.

Shema, who is leading the four-man delegation of the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) to Ibadan, stated this on Thursday when he visited the home of Adedibu.

He said the party’s leadership is committed to the peaceful resolution of the conflict so that peace can return to the state for the people to enjoy the full dividends of democracy.

He urged the people to remain calm and avoid violence, adding that it would be in the interest of all to ensure that peace is maintained.

The delegation had earlier visited Ladoja on the same mission as a follow up to Shema’s visit on Wednesday when he delivered a letter from the party’s national secretariat to him indicating the desire of the leadership to intervene.

It was learnt that a meeting by the delegation with representatives of the two factions was scheduled for Thursday at Premier Hotel, Ibadan.

It was at the same hotel former PDP National Chairman, Audu Ogbeh, led a delegation to resolve the gridlock before it escalated again.

In any case, calm has returned to Ibadan after Wednesday’s wild jubilation by Adedibu’s supporters over the court ruling that the impeachment process against Ladoja is purely a political affair outside court jurisdiction.

But most civil servants at government secretariat refused to resume work on Thursday following increasing rumour that the Adedibu men plan to attack and take over the secretariat.

The faction believes the court ruling gives them the go ahead to sack Ladoja.

Only a handful of workers reported for work at the secretariat, several stood outside their offices discussing the situation.

The National Council of Muslim Youth Organisations, (NACOMYO) in Oyo State has condemned the conflict, saying it has paralysed economic activities statewide.

The group, in a statement, implored Abuja to quickly find a way to end the crisis and called on Nigerians to pray for the success of the democratic experiment.