The attention of Osun state Government has been drawn to another big lie and deliberate distortion of facts by the spokesperson to the former Governor of Osun State, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, in person of Mr Ismail Omipidan, on a recent report by Sahara Reporters.
Ordinarily, Osun State Government under the leadership of His Excellency, Senator Ademola Adeleke wouldn’t have reacted or commented on the frivolous allegation again coming from a person of Mr Omipidan’s calibre after the publication of the said report which was independently carried out by Sahara Reporters, without any input of Ademola Adeleke led administration but for the mere fact that, it is expedient to set the record straight, especially for the innocent members of the public to know the truth and nothing but the truth as opposed to a dummy already being sold to them earlier by Omipidan, all in an attempt to smear the rising profile of Ademola Adeleke led administration.
It must, be emphasized that, the report being referred to by Omipidan was independently carried out by Sahara Reporters in its usual investigative reporting styles.
When Sahara Reporters, in its investigation, discovered the anomalies by Oyetola led administration and sought the reaction of Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, the Hon. Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment and Mallam Rasheed Olawale, the Chief Spokesperson to the Governor, none of us, told Sahara Reporters anything but asked for two weeks grace under which to carry out our own independent investigstion before commenting on the said report that emanated from Sahara Reporters.
What informed the need for us to seek for two weeks timeframe was to be able to get the necessary facts of the matter so as to insulate us from being accused of jumping into an unverified conclusion .
However, Ismail Omipidan, in an unverified reports went ahead to allege Adeleke led government as the sponsor of the Sahara Reporter’s findings.
Furthermore, Mr Omipidan went ahead, to put words in the mouth of Oluomo Kolapo Alimi that Alimi admitted that the Akoda road dualisation project had earlier been awarded before the Osun State Government went back to perfect the due process. That was another blatant lie, it was and still is, in his usual mischievous and characteristics way of giving a dog a bad name in order to hang it, which, over the years has become his journalistic antics all in an attempt to curry the favour of his pay master, Mr Oyetola.
What, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi the Hon. Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment said and which is already in the public domain about the Akoda road dualisation project was that, “at a point in time when it was painfully unmotorable for the motoring public to use, it was Ademola Adeleke led administration that made a kind of palliative arrangements to make the passage of vehicles easier before the on going road project contract saw the light of the day.
Such are usually taken by responsible Government as a temporary measure to ease the suffering of the masses before finding a lasting solution to such a problem.
However, if Omipidan is still sure of his facts, he is challenged by Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, through this medium, to produce to the public either the audio or video evidence, where Oluomo Kolapo Alimi or any member of the Ademola Adeleke led administration stated that the road contract had earlier been awarded before the state went to perfect the due process. In other words, there was nowhere that such statement was made because no such a thing happened. And it needs to be emphasized that, the Government of Ademola Adeleke has always been due process compliant and will not carry out any project without following the well established standard practice of due process.
Omipidan and his co- travellers in journalistic misinformation should know and continue to know that the good people of Osun State are not fools as they have discovered that the immediate past administration of Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, will go down in history as the poorest ever experienced by the people of the state,which they pray, day and night, never to experience again.
Omipidan and the Osun APC should know that, there’s no amount of packaging that could be done for the failed government of Mr Adegboyega Oyetola when he held forth as the Chief Executive to, curry the favour of Osun people again, in addition to his being judged, recently throughout the Nigerian federation by independent observers as one of the worst performing Ministers in the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu led Federal Executive Council( FEC).
Finally, we urge, Mr Ismail Omipidan in particular and the Osun APC in general to continue to face their opposition works squarely, which, by the grace of God, they are going to do for a long time in Osun State. However, we advise that, they embrace decorum and honesty in all they do and say as members of the opposition party, APC , in Osun State .
And as for Omipidan, enough of blackmail please, all in the name of always looking for ways to win the favour and affection of his paymaster, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola through such an obnoxiously unethical conduct of his in recent times.
E -Signed
Oluomo Kolapo Alimi
Hon.Commisdioner for Information and Public Enlightenment
