Immediate past governor of Osun state, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola and the Speaker of the state House of Assembly , Honourable Timothy Owoeye have been criticized by the state PDP for what the party called ‘their consistent anti-democratic posture, unrepentant hatred for ballot boxes and anti-people agenda’ with regard to the election victory of Governor Ademola Adeleke’.
Reacting to the statement made by Hon Owoeye earlier in the day during the inauguration of the Tinubu /Shettima Campaign Council in Osogbo, the state capital, asserting that Mr Oyetola will return as governor of the state before July 5 this year, Chairman of the state PDP Caretaker Committee , Dr Adekunle Akindele and the Director General of Atiku /Okowa Campaign council , Osun state, Hon Sunday Bisi in a joint statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com said the Speaker had allegedly betrayed his oath of office, undermined the sanctity of state authority and colluded with others to destabilize a state where he heads an arm of government.
‘We at first decried the failure of the Speaker to respect the office he is occupying, to rise above petty partisan politics and to tell the truth to Mr Oyetola who of recent has been listening to devil’s whispers.
We condemn in no small measure the lack of courage and demise of statesmanship demonstrated by the House Speaker who today openly revolted against the will of Osun people and who has unashamedly embraced ignoble falsehood and propaganda of a defeated Oyetola.
We had thought the House Speaker has risen to act like a statesman like former American Vice President, Mike Pence, who at the most critical moment, summoned the courage to tell his boss, Mr Trump, that American voters are supreme and above a sit-tight leader who was ready to destroy democracy.
Unfortunately, Mr Owoeye today failed the test as rather than faced the election denier, the small Trump of Osun, he weakly adopted the path of little tyrants who detest the people and all what democracy represents.
We are at the same time alarmed that a sitting House Speaker has openly exposed a sinister agenda to undermine the integrity of the judiciary by making proclamations on a matter that is subjudice. We want to put it on the record that it is against protocol, against democratic sense of judgment and against all civilized norms to pre-empt judicial outcomes.
The House Speaker should apologize to the judiciary, retract his reprehensible statement and summon courage to exit puppet garb of supposed leader who is worshipping at the feet of a man incapable of listening to the voice of God.
As a political party, we are convinced and rightly so that the Speaker’s fanciful wish is a grand hallucination. Governor Ademola Adeleke is a duly elected Governor of Osun State, who was robbed in 2018 but whose victory was widely confirmed and validated in 2022 by God, the people and even the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, the leader of the Speaker’s party.
In case the House Speaker is also listening to Devil’s whispers, we affirm that the voice of the people is the voice of God. In case the Speaker is only massaging Mr Oyetola’s ego, we urge him to be a Mr Pence, telling the truth to Turmpists. If Hon Owoeye is however serious about his unpopular outburst, let him know that nobody rises against the people and win. The people rule and they are solidly with Governor Ademola Adeleke’ the statement noted.
Osun state PDP and the Atiku/Okowa Campaign Council also urged the people of the state to reject the APC candidates and rather vote for the PDP candidates in the upcoming general election.
‘Reject them at the polls in February by voting for PDP candidates at the state and national levels. Send them packing as you had done in the guber election.
Rebuke them and let them know that Imole must shine across the country’ the statement concluded- Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you
