Governor Ademola Adeleke has accused his predecessor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola and the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, of masterminding the call by two civil society groups for the declaration of a state of emergency in Osun State.
The groups, Initiative for Local Government Development and Centre for Justice and Community Advocacy had during a press conference, called on President Bola Tinubu to consider a state of emergency in Osun State over what it described as continued disregard for court orders on local government administration.
But Adeleke in a statement issued on Saturday by his spokesperson Olawale Rasheed, branded the call as a continuation of the failed plot by the Osun APC leadership to “seize power through the backdoor” after their consistent failure to win the support of Osun people.
“We reiterate well-known facts in public domain that the APC is the main source of disturbance in the state, paralysing local government, mismanaging LG fund, and illegally deploying police, making Mr Oyetola and his cohorts the most hated entities in Osun political space.
“The APC seized local government funds, mismanaged the same, and forcefully occupied the councils, all in a bid to provoke violence and conflict. This is a deliberate strategy to create chaos and blame it on the Adeleke-led administration,” Adeleke stated.
The Governor said despite the open confrontation and illegality being perpetrated by the APC, his administration succeeded in maintaining peace in the state, adding that the call for a state of emergency is an act of frustration and desperation.
Adeleke noted that, “Osun APC has failed in its evil bid to destabilise and create mayhem in Osun State, hence their resort to an open call for emergency declaration, for which there is no basis or justification.
“How can the APC turn around to accuse Governor Adeleke of creating a crisis in Osun when the whole world knows that it was Mr Oyetola and his cohorts that masterminded the current instability at Osun local government level?
“How can any sane person blame Governor Adeleke when it was the APC’s illegal chairmen who had criminally hijacked the local government and who had refused to quit office after the expiration of their self-awarded tenure?
“How can Governor Adeleke be responsible for the impunity of seeking tenure elongation by these illegal chairmen while staying on illegally across the councils?”
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