*PDP should not bring back political violence to Oyo, Elders warn*.

Some concerned citizens, elders in their right, within Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, have uniformly uttered a stern note of warning to the factional sides of the Oyo state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), not to tamper with the relative peace the state has attained in the past 6 years, while calling them to put their house in order.

This warning comes on the heels of the parallel congresses held separately by the Chief Rasheed Ladoja and Engineer Seyi Makinde factions of the Oyo State PDP over the weekend. These separate congresses, which was an obvious show of serious intra-party rife, produced two different Chairmen for the same party.

The elders reckon that Oyo state, especially Ibadan, has seen its worst days of politically-motivated violence and that it has gone past it judging by the peace that has since been achieved and experienced across the state so far.

One of them, a septugenerian and former political figure from the Lagelu local government, Barr. Adeyemi Fatoyinbo, said the gradually brewing enmity within the PDP party structure is a perfect precursor for violence, and must be checked now.

He added, "There was a time in this Ibadan that you dare not go out comfortably to the market or play with your friends for the fear of thugs fighting and causing mayhem on behalf of political factions. It was very bad, and if I'm not mistaken, this gradual feud building up within the PDP should be checked and stopped now, else, we may not be safe anymore in Oyo for the outbreak of violence that might ensue".

In his own remark, Pa Noah Faleti, expressed disappointment at the way by which the only potent opposition party in the state had kicked off their charge on a factional note, adding that a major worry is the ingredient of violence it bears.

"Some years back in this town, this same party had issues with governing the state because of the episodes of political violence that rocked their boat almost all the time, with we the civilians bearing the brunt most of the time. So, it is sad and disappointing that they are apparently fumbling with the chance to put up a strong opposition come 2019 with all these infighting", Pa Faleti said.

Further, Faleti said that, "In fact, the achievement of an atmosphere of peace in the political environment in the state in these recent years, is a sign of progress which deserves commendation and consolidation and not tampering. So,the PDP, especially Ladoja and Seyi Makinde, should be kindly warned, they need to find a way to sort themselves out with playing politics that attracts violence".

However, from all indications, the infightings by the two factions do not seem to end anytime soon as the Seyi Makinde faction seem to be hellbent on throwing tantrums to the Ladoja faction.