The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, has appealed to its leaders who defected from the party to the All Progressives Congress and other parties to return to the PDP.

The Chairman of the PDP, Osun-Central Senatorial District, Mr Bunmi Jenyo, made this appeal during an interview with journalists on Saturday at the senatorial meeting of the party held at Iresi in Boluwaduro Local Government Area of Osun State.

He said: “We want our old members who left because of one reason or the other to come back. We want them to come back because this is the house we laboured together to build.

“We value our old members who have left us. We are appealing to all of them to come back. These old members we are appealing to include former governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola; former chairman of the party, Mr Fatai Akinbade and others.”

The PDP leader however called on the Central Bank of Nigeria to investigate how the N34.988bn bailout given to the state was spent.

The state chairman of the party, Mr Gani Olaoluwa, while addressing the meeting, said the party was already talking to Akinbade, who contested for the last governorship on the platform of the Labour Party to come back.