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Osun APC Accuses Adeleke Of Inertia, Political Vendetta After A Month In Office
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has claimed that Ademola Adeleke’s administration has been marked by sloth, movement without action, halted development, and the invitation of all kinds of unnecessary embarrassment during the past month.
Additionally, it noted that since the new administration’s inauguration on November 27, 2022, the State has had a string of unfortunate tragedies.
Kola Olabisi, the director of media for the Osun APC, issued a statement on Tuesday in Osogbo in which the party said that state governor Adeleke only strayed to seize power and lacked the ability to even start the state’s figurative vehicle, much less move it.
The statement reads, “Since the Ede-born accidental State governor strangely found his way into the political driver’s seat of the State thirty days ago, the story has been the unnecessary chastisement of the members of the opposition with violent attacks and victimisation. His predecessor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola and members of his cabinet, have not been spared of the malicious attacks either as spurious and fabricated allegations are daily peddled against them to tarnish their good image.
“It was the third day after his inauguration that Adeleke started to complain ceaselessly with cooked-up allegations against Oyetola, of looting the government house and staff quarters and plunging the state into humongous debt.
“Adeleke’s first assignment, following his maiden address, was the invocation of six illegal Executive Orders among which were the freezing of all the State and local government accounts in all the banks and needless locking out of three monarchs in the Osun Central Senatorial District of the State.
“Adeleke’s invocation of executive orders to run his government are illegal because only the governor doesn’t constitute the State executive council; such executive orders could only be exercised after the subject of a policy has been subjected to robust debates in the State executive council.
“Since the State executive council is not yet in place, the purported executive orders are efforts in futility and illegal; any policy that emanates from the illegal executive order is spineless and cannot stand the test of time.
“The people of Osun State will not forget in a hurry the number of the irritating press statements that the PDP/Adeleke have churned out within the last one month which are believed to have surpassed the number of the press statements released in the life of the administration of Oyetola.
“Ineptitude, ignorant and lazy approach of Adeleke and his handlers to governance is the reason the PDP and the interim governor have refused to learn that the law, convention and practice have verifiable protection for Oyetola and members of his cabinet in the vehicle carting away saga.
“It is also on record that Nurudeen Adeleke failed to accord required courtesy to Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye who, in his usual practice, came for his ministerial mission, a few days to this year’s Christmas. Adeleke did not only refuse to grace the programme with his presence, he also did not send any official to represent him at the event held at Ada in Boripe Local Government Council Area of the state, a legful kilometers to Abere, the seat of power.
“Through his politics of vendetta, victimisation and oppression, Adeleke contributed to the celebration of a bleak Christmas festival for all the public workers who served Oyetola as he refused to pay them their November salaries under the guise that they were in the possession of government vehicles which is falsehood.
“In the last 30 days also, the list of extra-judicial killings and attacks on members and perceived members of the opposition (APC) has been on the increase while professed political thugs are constantly on the prowl in the state.”
Olabisi claimed that Adeleke had instituted committees to manage his administration with the intention of bringing charges against his predecessor, Oyetola, as well as his administration and those who collaborated with him.
The party called on the Osun Police Command and other security agencies in the State to step up their efforts and be more proactive in order to address the political schism in the State, while also advising the PDP and Adeleke to learn how to play politics and coexist with the opposition with tolerance after being in the opposition for twelve years without being molested or oppressed by Oyetola or his party.
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has said Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, cannot simultaneously support the All Progressives Congress (APC) and other political parties.
Lawal made the statement while commenting on Wike’s involvement with the Rainbow Coalition, a cross-party political platform associated with efforts to support President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid.
Speaking in an interview with Channels Television’s Inside Sources on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, Lawal said Wike needed to make his political position clear.
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“Our message is very very clear, be on one side, you can’t be on two sides. If you are in APC, please come out and support the APC, not you are supporting APC here and you are supporting some other political parties somewhere else,” Lawal said.
The Zamfara governor said APC governors would maintain their position on the matter despite Wike’s comments.
“We maintain our stand and the message is very clear. He can speak, he can say whatever he wants to say, but our position has been very clear, APC all the way from head to toe,” he said.
Asked whether the governors were effectively asking Wike to join the APC, Lawal replied, “exactly.”
Lawal also disclosed that he would discuss Wike’s political position with President Tinubu when the President returns from his working vacation in France.
“It’s something I will discuss with the President when he comes back. Let there be a clear line where this guy belongs to. It’s either he is in APC or he is out, simple. So I go with my brothers, the governors,” he said.
Wike, who remains a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has repeatedly expressed support for Tinubu’s 2027 re-election while maintaining his association with the Rainbow Coalition.
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has said he supports the Labour Party’s presidential candidate for the 2027 election while maintaining that he will not oppose President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s candidacy.
Otti made the statement during an interview on Arise TV on Friday while discussing the 2027 presidential election and his position on Tinubu’s re-election bid.
The governor said he had previously stated that he had a presidential candidate, but clarified that he was referring to the Labour Party candidate.
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Asked if he was supporting the candidate, Otti said, “Yes.”
However, when questioned about whether he was supporting Tinubu, the Abia governor said Tinubu had a right to contest the 2027 election.
“What do you expect me to say? To say I’m not supporting him?” Otti asked.
He added that he had already stated that Tinubu had the right to run and that nobody could stop him from contesting.
Otti also explained that he was not in a position to oppose Tinubu’s candidacy.
“I’m not going to oppose his candidacy, and it is not within my right, even as a human being to… so I can choose what I want to do,” he said.
According to him, opposing a candidate while being part of government could create internal conflict, stressing that disagreements over policies should be addressed within government meetings.
“When you say opposition and you are part of a government, then what you are driving towards is implosion. So if I do have a problem with anything, I’ll sit down in one of our meetings and I’ll make my point,” he said.
Otti further said some policies implemented by the Tinubu administration resonate with his thinking, particularly the removal of fuel subsidy.
“Quite frankly, there are a lot of things that we have talked about now that he has implemented that resonate with me and my thinking,” he said.
He maintained that the fuel subsidy was unsustainable, adding that any decision to reintroduce it would require adequate funding.
Otti also noted that, as a governor and member of the National Economic Council, he is part of discussions and decisions concerning policies implemented by the federal government.
Former Anambra State Governor and 2027 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has ruled out seeking the office of governor again, saying he would not return to the position even if Nigeria’s Constitution is amended.
Obi made the declaration in a statement on X on Friday while addressing the ongoing controversy over Anambra State’s debt, saying he had no disagreement with the state’s incumbent governor, Chukwuma Soludo, or any other governor in Nigeria.
“I am not seeking the office of governor in any state, and I will not seek that position again, even if the Constitution is amended,” Obi said.
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The former governor also dismissed suggestions of a personal dispute with Soludo, describing him as his “dear elder brother.”
“I wish to assure the public that I have no disagreement with my dear elder brother, Governor Soludo, or with any governor in Nigeria,” he said.
Obi’s declaration comes amid the ongoing public debate over financial obligations allegedly linked to his administration in Anambra State.
He said he had remained silent over the past few days because he was grieving the death of his “very dear elder brother and friend,” Chief Okey Ezeibe, but said he had decided to respond to issues that had occupied public discussion.
Beyond the Anambra controversy, Obi also called on governors across the country to allow political opponents to campaign freely in their states ahead of the 2027 general elections.
He urged governors to support whichever presidential candidates they preferred while also permitting other presidential candidates and contenders for other offices to campaign without interruption.
“Ultimately, voters should be allowed to determine whom they wish to serve them,” Obi said.
He further urged political actors and Nigerians to focus on the challenges confronting the country and the hardship being experienced by citizens rather than what he described as political distractions.
Obi is currently the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2027 election.
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