By Jamiu Ganiyu
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has directed all their members, supporters, well-wishers, friends including allies to embark on a statewide fasting and prayer tomorrow in order to seek God’s intervention for a favourable judgment for the party and its flag bearer, Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke in Friday’s Supreme Court judgment against the Gboyega Oyetola and the ruling All All Progressive Congress.
The directive was contained in a statement released today by the secretary of the party in the state, Mr. Bola Ajao, a copy which was made available to osun.life.
The statement titled “Thanksgiving, fasting, and prayer” reads “I am directed by the leadership of our great party PDP in Osun State under the chairmanship of Hon. Soji Adagunodo that all members, supporters, well-wishers, friends, and allies of Osun PDP should embark on Thanksgiving, fasting, and prayer on Thursday 4th July in supplication to God Almighty to please answer all our prayers and give Senator Ademola Adeleke and PDP the deserved victory of Osun State Governorship at the Supreme Court judgment on Friday 5th July, 2019”.
It would be recalled that its counterpart, the All Progressives Congress (APC), have also organized several fasting and prayers seeking for a favourable judgment for the party and its candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, in the Friday’s judgment.
The height of such prayers was the one held by APC Female Group Leaders in the state yesterday at the APC state secretariat yesterday along Osogbo-Gbongan road, Osogbo, the state capital.
Since June 17 that both parties have submitted their written final addresses before the Supreme Court panel sitting on the case, headed by the Acting Chief Justice of the Federation of country, Hon. Justice, Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, the two contenders for the governorship seat and their allies have shifted the battle to God with several supplications in all manners while the traditional method is not also left out in the struggle for power.
The Friday’s judgment is expected to totally lay to rest the governorship turtle in the state of the virtuous since last year September, 2018.