Osun protest APC PDP osun LG election crisis The main opposition party in Osun State, All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of the state, plot to burn down the state into ashes on Monday, March 10th.
The Round Table reports that a statement released by the Director of Media and Publicity of APC in Osun, Mr. Kola Olabisi, insisted that a protest allegedly planned by loyalists of Governor Adeleke which is slated for Monday is aimed at destabilizing the state.
The statement, therefore, urged residents of the state to be wary of illicit acts that the loyalists of Gov Adeleke may want to unleash on the state on Monday.
Mr. Olabisi in the statement said "The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised the good people of the state to be wary of the antics of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led government's plan on Monday to stage or act a protest capable of disrupting the peace of the state by some PDP members who illegally parade themselves as chairmen and councillors of non-vacant seats in the local government councils across the state.
"Information at our disposal revealed that the embattled PDP-led state government resulted to the planning of the protest in order to whip up unmerited sentiment for its members illegally-selected and tagged the council chairmen and councillors.
"This is believed may likely have resultant effect of rocking the peace of the state as there is a precedent of such which occured on 17th February, 2025 in which one of the reinstated APC local government chairmen was killed
APC further accused the governor of staging a protest that may shut down administration of Local Government Authorities across the state.
He said "Furthermore, it is obvious that hoodlums loyal to the PDP may hijack the protest and start attacking all the local government Secretariats across the state again.
"The make-believe protest may, of course, be made to look like a spontaneous one but its planned hidden motive seems to cause cataclysm across the state during which the reinstated chairmen and councillors with some leaders of the APC may be marked for possible attack during the melee.
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There was also speculation that Osun State Government had recruited political thugs into the state Amotekun Corps with intention to deploy them for political terrorism starting from Monday March 10.
"It was also rumoured that some political thugs have been hired for the protest and tasked to work in tandem with the Amotekun Corps under the command of a controversial retired Chief Superintendent of Police who hails from Oyo State and has been doing dirty jobs for his principal dating back from when he was in the service of the police to date," tye statement read.
The state chapter of APC therefore called on the Commissioner of Police and heads of other security agencies in the state, the traditional rulers and elderstatemen to anticipate the approaching political crisis that is being nurtured by Governor Adeleke-led administration.
The parents were also implored to curb their children and ensure they were not used to settle political scores by the ruling party in the state.
While encouraging Governor Adeleke to approach Supreme Court if he is not satisfied with the ruling of the Appeal Court, APC "remind Governor Adeleke and his cohorts that the [Osun] state is a creation of the law and not their estate which should be run according to their whims and caprices but in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Speaking further, Mr. Olabisi insisted "We are yet to fathom the reason why Governor Adeleke is finding it difficult to seek redress at the Supreme Court having lost at the Court of Appeal via the landmark judgement of the 10th day of February, 2025 that reinstated the APC local government council chairmen and councillors?
"Must the heavens fall because Governor Adeleke's party lost an election to the APC on the issue of the local government council administration in the state?
"One thing that is crystal clear is that should there be a breakdown of law and order reminiscent to the type that claimed the lives of our members recently when the reinstated chairman of Irewole Local Government Council Area, Hon Remi Abass, and others were brutally murdered by the PDP thugs, Governor Adeleke should be held responsible.
"Is it a new thing to lose an election? Why is it that Governor Adeleke is losing sleep because the Court of Appeal has reinstated the APC local government council chairmen and councillors? There is more to it than meet the eyes.
"The current political firmament in the state is a constitutional issue which had been judiciously adjudicated upon by the Court of Appeal against the approach of that of Banana Republic which is the hallmark of the Adeleke administration.
"Our one penny advice for the embattled Governor Adeleke is that though he and his deputy have immunity. Such however, should not be the passport for him to spill by a kick the metaphorical bowl of milk being enjoyed by him within his constitutionally-allowed four-year term.
"What we are reminding Governor Adeleke of is that his enjoyed immunity does not make him to be above the law of the land. It will be too bad for the Ede-born satellite governor to be the architect of his own undesirable.
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Written by Omooba Alekuwodo (omoobaalekuwodo)
Published 3/8/2025 1:19:05 PM