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Peoples
Democratic Party in Osun state has been accused of betraying Ademola
Adeleke in the September 22, 2018 governorship held in the state.
Ademola Adeleke
Dr. Deji Adeleke, founder and Pro-Chancellor, Adeleke University,
Ede and elder brother to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in the September 22, 2018 governorship poll in Osun State, Sen.
Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday accused the party of betraying them by not
fulfilling the many promises made by the PDP before the family accepted
the party’s governorship ticket.
Dr. Adeleke, in a statement in Osogbo , declared that his younger
brother had no intention to contest the governorship election in the
first place, but was prevailed upon by the PDP leadership and elders
before the family accepted “most reluctantly after receiving assurances
and promises that were never kept.”
He, therefore, rejected the reported nomination of his brother for
another try for the governorship seat of Osun in 2022 by PDP leaders in
the state, saying the party should give Senator Adeleke break to take a
rest for now.
He expressed gratitude to those who were concerned about what he
called “huge resources committed” to execute his younger brother’s
participation in the PDP primary and general elections and the payment
to lawyers during the litigation period.
Adeleke counselled that money spent on elections should not be
considered an investment to be recouped upon assumption of office
through corruption and banditry, but should rather be considered as a
grant to help deepen democracy and advance the rule of law.
“I am not a card-carrying member of any political party but I
am a sympathiser/supporter of the PDP in Osun State. Osun State PDP will
be better off and well prepared for the next general election in the
state, if internal democracy is encouraged and enforced.
“All elective positions, including the position of governor of
the state, should be open to all members of the party to contest in a
transparent primary election. Everyone must be given a sense of
belonging, in order to grow the party in Osun State.
“The PDP members that are trading blame within the party should
be reminded that the PDP won the governorship election held on
September 22, 2018, but was not allowed to take office by the powers
that be in the ruling party. Members should be proud that the electorate
sided with the party against the ruling party in that election and not
blame each other for the daylight robbery that deprived the party of the
mandate freely given by the good people of Osun State, which has
brought shame and disgrace to Nigeria as a country.
“As for the Adeleke family, of which I am one, we will like to
remind all the PDP members that Senator Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke had no
intention to contest the governorship election in the first place, but
was invited and prevailed upon by the party leadership and party elders
to contest the governorship election, which he and his family accepted
most reluctantly after receiving assurances and promises that were never
kept.
“Everything that followed after this, is now history. Senator
Adeleke should, therefore, be given a break, to take his well-deserved
rest and decide what he will do/not do when the time comes.
“Contributions to an election fund should always be considered a
grant, to help deepen our democracy and advance the rule of law, which
eventually translates into Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), economic
growth and job creation.” The statement read.
Punch reported that in reacting to the controversies surrounding
the adoption of Senator Adeleke as the PDP consensus governorship
candidate of the 2022 poll, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of
the party, Diran Odeyemi, said a chieftain of the party from Osun West,
while addressing a meeting held in Adeleke’s residence in Ede, on
Tuesday, suggested that Senator Adeleke should be re-presented by the
party in 2022.
“Dr Babalola said in appreciation of the support of the
Adelekes to the PDP in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke should be
represented in 2022 and everyone seated clapped in appreciation of that
motion”, Odeyemi was quoted to have said.
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