The Osun State government has described the state’s national assembly lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress as Political paper tigers.
The state government said the Senator representing Osun East and Osun Central respectively, Francis Fadahunsi and Olubiyi Fadeyi as well as the lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade, Ijesa South and Ife Federal Constituency in the federal house of representatives,
Hon.Wole Oke, Hon Sanya Omirin and Hon Taofeek Ajilesoro who will be formally inaugurated into the Osun APC fold on Saturday, will be disappointed during the August 08 gubernatorial election.
The state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi who stated this in a statement on Thursday, also accused the APC of planning to stage a protest to call for a State of Emergency during the visit of President Bola Tinubu to the state on Saturday.
Alimi said the alleged planned protest is to blackmail Governor Ademola Adeleke and his administration.
The statement further said, “The likes of Senator Fadahunsi, Senator Ajagunla, Hon.Wole Oke, Hon Bimbo Ajilesoro and Hon Ominrin among others to be formally inaugurated into the Osun APC fold tomorrow are mere political paper tigers who the people of Osun state will surely disappoint during the coming election.” ended the statement.
“As a government, we wish to let members of the public particularly the peace-loving people of Osun to be wary of this grand plan already put in place and waiting to be hatched tomorrow while President Bola Ahmed Tinubu visits Osun state
“We want to make it clear that neither ACCORD nor PDP in Osun state has anything to do with the planned protest, notwithstanding the ongoing logjams associated with the withheld LG allocation of the state.
“APC’s deliberately planned protest of tomorrow, without any fear of contradiction is a diversionary scheme to blackmail Mr Governor and his administration, which by the special grace of God and support of the peace loving people of Osun state is already dead before its execution tomorrow as they (APC) play host to the President of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“To this end, the state government wishes to use this medium to advise the people of Osun to steer clear of Mandela Freedom Park, Osogbo, venue of the visit of Mr President so as not to be innocently caught in the web of their self sponsored protest to blackmail Adeleke led administration to be used as a smokescreen for the eventual declaration of state of emergency in our peace loving state.”
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