Governor Ademola Adeleke has not defected to the All Progressives Congress, according to the Osun State chapter, which is urging the public to ignore the rumors. The party claimed Adeleke’s administration was spreading lies about his impending defection to its fold in a statement signed by Osun APC spokesperson Kola Olabisi and obtained in Osogbo on Sunday.
“We want to state categorically and unequivocally that it is a lie from the pit of hell being told by the governor and his lieutenants that the state helmsman has defected into our party, as nothing of such is happening or being contemplated at all the levels of our party.
“At no time was there any pressure from the Presidency that Governor Adeleke should defect into our party as it has been the rumour by the governor’s lieutenants and his co-travellers.
“We make bold to state for the umpteenth time that Governor Adeleke hasn’t joined our party, while we are assuring our teeming members and supporters that our party is intact and all is well with it,” the party said, without minding whose ox is gored.
The Osun APC also revealed that Adeleke would have to overcome certain constitutional requirements in order to defect to the party.
Additionally, the party noted that some of the governor’s supporters were thrilled about the prospect of him joining the APC, “which at the moment still remains within the realm of speculation.”
“It is an impossible utopia for a governor to defect into our party without the knowledge of its national chairman, Mr Ali Dalori, Chief Bisi Akande, state leader, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola (Minister of Marine and Blue Economy), state chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, the Agba Osun and others,” the statement continued.
“It is indeed funny that it’s our party that had received persistent badmouthing from the gatecrashers into the Bola Ige House, who have now turned the most viable opposition party in the state into a beautiful bride.”
The Osun chapter expressed disapproval of the alleged remarks made by the governor’s lieutenants regarding his impending defection to the APC, particularly on social media, claiming that President Bola Tinubu has been pursuing their principal.
The chapter characterized the claim as a fabricated story to give the governor the impression that he was important.
