Osun state chapter of the All Progressives Congress is a strong threat to democracy and the sanctity of the judiciary going by its reckless actions and statements on the Osun local government matters currently before the Supreme Court.
Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke made the statement while responding to allegations by the state APC that the state governor had bribed the leadership of the local government workers’ union (NULGE) to stay away from the local government secretariats.
According to the Olawale Rasheed, the allegation was not only unfounded and baseless but a further manifestation of the APC’s disregard for the rule of law and its shameless embrace of impunity in a democracy that is governed by known laws and the constitution.
“The level of impunity on display by the state APC constitutes serious threat to our democratic life. The party started by falsifying a Court of Appeal judgement to claim a fake reinstatement of its court sacked chairmen. It proceeded to ignore a Court of Appeal judgement arising from its own belated appeal which affirmed the subsistence of the sacking of its chairmen and confirmed the legality of PDP chairmen and councillors across the local governments.
“Behaving like political robbers in a lawless country, the state APC got even more emboldened to invade and occupy the council secretariats without any legal mandate. With a system that appears to pander to illegality, the opposition brazenly made to claim public fund through another layers of illegality until they were legally stopped in their track.
“The judiciary had waded in to set the records straight, providing needed interpretation and interventions. Unfortunately, the state APC appears so bitter and so bold about its disrespect for the judiciary that it can still be debating a matter now before the highest court in the land. This was after it has fruitlessly launched sabotage of the judicial process.
“ The general public is aware of the illegality and criminal dimension of the APC actions on the Osun local government issues. At this point, we expect the opposition to submit and await the ruling of the apex court instead of throwing tantrums about the failure of its illegal take over of Osun local government system.
“We therefore urge the public to disregard the new bag of lies from the APC. The workers union is an independent body with its own modus operandi. The fight to stop the attempted looting of the local government treasury is a collective efforts of all stakeholders who needs no inducement to fight for and protect their interests.
“The opposition has come to the end of its evil game; the people have resisted illegality; and the world awaits the judiciary to make final pronouncement”, the Spokesperson was quoted as saying.
