By Steve Oni, Ilorin

The Senator representing Kwara South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Oyelola Ashiru, has urged the various combatants in the crisis rocking the Kwara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) to sheathe their swords and allow peace to reign in the party. 

Addressing some party faithful from across Kwara South who visited him in his Offa residence, Senator Ashiru bemoaned the potential damage the festering crisis could do to the party and its developmental agenda if not quickly nipped in the bud.

He said: "When two elephants fight, it is  the grass that suffers and eventually becomes barren. Sadly in this case, our great party, APC, is the grass that will bear the brunt. This seemingly unending bitter disagreements among leaders in the party must stop, and time is now..

“When the fight is unnecessarily prolonged, the party may lose cohesion, unity, strength which may result in loss of support of a significant proportion of the populace. This unsavoury situation if not checked now portends grave danger for our party. We should not play to the gallery, we should not allow the opposition to make the situation an electoral gain for themselves.

"The fundamental things that we have achieved as progressives in the current  political dispensation include being able to reinvent ourselves, institutionalise democracy and deliver dividends of democracy to the electorate. But if  we continue to indulge in bitter  intra-party fight, we might lose all these gains and strength which will  be calamitous for the people of Kwara State."

Ashiru, who described the ongoing feud as a passing phase in our democracy,  enjoined everyone to remain calm and sacrifice and burry their egos in the interest of the party, adding that to this crisis is in sight.