The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC); has advised the Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde to stop referring to the Osun State chapter of the APC as the aggressor in the lingering political impasse in the state which has consumed about ten persons from the attacks of the PDP hoodlums across the state.
Governor Makinde who was in Osun State today to witness the swearing in of the illegal council chairmen by his Osun State counterpart was reported to have advised the state APC not to resort to self-help but to approach the court to settle the matter.
That piece of advice by Governor Makinde was unnecessary as every available development pointed to the fact that the Oyo State Governor was internalizing metaphorical blood and spitting white spittle in order to please his fellow governor of the same party extraction.
If we may ask, where was Governor Makinde when his political soul mate in the hitherto State of the Virtuous used the sanctity of the Osun State Government House to incite the members of his party to go all out and attack our members and chieftains?
Where was Governor Makinde when the political hoodlums of his party killed through gun shots the newly reinstated chairman of our party in Ikire, Hon Remi Abass, Irewole Local Government Council Area, apparently emboldened by the earlier incitement by Governor Adeleke?
Where was Governor Makinde when the thugs loyal to the PDP killed one person in Irojo, Ilesa, Osun State, during the illegal shambolic local government council election purportedly held by his brother on Saturday?
Governor Makinde should tell the right-thinking Nigerians why he lost his voice when daredevil thugs traceable to the violent thugs of his party almost killed a chieftain of our party, Engr Remi Omowaye, who is a serving Executive Director at the Federal Housing Authority and Mr Tobi Famurewa in Ilesa few days ago?
We want to make it clear to Governor Makinde that he is not in a better position to teach the leadership of the APC how to prosecute the ongoing efforts of our duly elected chairmen and councillors how to reap the benefit of the Court of Appeal judgement, Akure Division, given on the 10th of February, 2025.
Where was Governor Makinde when the embattled Governor Adeleke shunned the advice of the number one law officer of the nation, the Attorney-General of the Federation, to shelve the ‘selection’ which he called election that he had read and analysed the Court of Appeal, Akure, judgement, which did not warrant any new election in Osun State until the end of the tenures of the reinstated APC council chairmen and councillors?
Why did Governor Makinde lose his voice when his Osun State counterpart was pouring invectives on the persons and offices of the state Commissioner of Police, the State Director of the DSS and the State Comptroller of the Civil Defence in their efforts to maintain peace in the state?
Was it not known to Governor Makinde how his brother in Osun State defied the advice of the Inspector-General of Police not to hold his charade based on unfavourable security report in the overall interest of the state?
We, as a party, are telling Governor Makinde that we don’t need his venom-laced piece of advice as there is nothing suggestive of its genuineness. If there is need for him to offer an advice, he should dissipate his energy to do same for the embattled Governor Adeleke who is anti-rules of law in all ramifications.
e-SIGNED:
Mogaji KOLA OLABISI, Osun State APC Director of Media and Information.
