Adeleke Did Not Attack Tinubu, Only Called For Free, Fair Election – Imole Campaign Council

The Imole Campaign Council, the group working for the re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke, has said the governor did not attack President Bola Tinubu during a rally on Monday in Osogbo.

The campaign council said what the governor said during the rally was misinterpreted and falsified.

In a statement signed by the Director General of Imole Campaign Council, Lere Oyewumi, the group stated that the governor only made a clarion call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to enforce free and fair elections in Osun State, denying accusations that the governor attacked the president.

The statement said Adeleke pleaded with Mr President to wade in as the father of all to stop the killings and maiming of residents and Accord members, affirming that “at no point did the governor attack or deride the president.

“Governor Adeleke only called the attention of President Tinubu to the ongoing repression and intimidation of Osun residents and urged the President to call the Marine Minister, Gboyega Oyetola, to order so as to stop recurrence of political violence of the past.

“The state governor only informed the president of constant killing that is driving towards genocide. The Accord party has lost seven members, with more than 20 suffering various gun injuries in the last three months. Presently, more than 60 Accord members are languishing in illegal police detentions,” Oyewumi said.

He added, “In 2022, the governor lost 45 of his supporters in the cold hands of APC thugs. The police did not raise a finger to prosecute suspected APC thugs who killed our members during the 2022 elections. APC thugs are daily raiding towns and houses of Accord leaders. The facts are in the public domain.

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“The governor also referenced the Osun local government crisis in which over N350 billion of Osun local government funds have been diverted and used by illegal APC operatives whose falsely claimed tenure has also lapsed.”

The statement noted that the governor only spoke the truth about the illegality across Osun local government and urged the President to intervene for APC illegal occupants of the councils to vacate.

“The State Governor only repeated what the Campaign Council has severally documented that APC-sponsored thugs are daily terrorising the residents of Osun, including Accord members.

“The lies and concoction on Osun finance levelled by the Osun APC fall flat because Osun has won several awards on budget transparency and came third nationally on auditing responsiveness.

“The Adeleke administration runs a due process and transparency-based government with massive good governance delivery across all the sectors,” the statement concluded.