Former Governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola has
promised to deliver over 1.5 million votes from the State for Bola Ahmed
Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in
the February 25, 2023, presidential election.
Oyetola made this disclosure at the inauguration of
Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council in Osogbo on Thursday.
Oyetola, who is the State Coordinator, Tinubu/Shettima PCC,
also tasked the newly-inaugurated members to intensify efforts towards ensuring
all round victory for the APC presidential candidate and his running mate and
all the party candidates in the forthcoming general elections.
“No stone would be left unturned to ensure the emergence of
Tinubu and Shettima, as well as all the candidates of the party in the National
and State assemblies elections.
“The country is in dire need of a competent individual like
Tinubu to build on the gains of the incumbent administration and drive the
nation’s potential for socio-economic growth and development of the country.
“There is no room for experiment on the choice of next
president at this critical time in the history of Nigeria, hence the need to
elect Tinubu whose political pedigree, good, responsible and responsive
governance antecedents are second to none.
“Tinubu/Shettima ticket is divine and it is worthy of note
that the team is powered by tested and trusted hands as it offers a renewed
hope in all sectors.”
In his address, Speaker, Osun House of Assembly, Timothy
Owoeye affirmed that Oyetola will return for a second term as the State
governor before July 5, 2023.
He also expressed confidence that Tinubu would also be
elected the next president of the country.
He described the outcome of the July 16, 2022 Osun
gubernatorial election as a temporary setback.
Reacting, the Osun Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) described
statements credited to Oyetola and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly
as hallucinations.
The Osun PDP made this known in a statement signed by the
duo of Akindele Adekunle, the Osun PDP Caretaker Chairman and Sunday Bisi,
Director General, Atiku Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Osun State.
The duo also accused the Speaker, Owoeye of betraying his
oath office, undermining the sanctity of State authority and colluding to
destabilize a State where he is heading an arm of government.
They said, “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
whispering. 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 had risen to act like a
statesman, unfortunately, Mr Owoeye today failed the test.
“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 record that it is against protocol, against democratic sense of judgement
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 the puppet garb of the supposed leader who is
worshipping at the feet of a man incapable of listening to the voice of God.”
The Osun PDP, which maintained that Ademola Adeleke was duly
elected, urged the electorates in the State to reject the APC in the February
general elections.
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