● Debunks Comparison of Osun to Rivers State
● Challenges APC to Public Debate on Court Judgement
● Insists All Arms of Governments Operating Well in Osun
● Accuses Osun APC of Orchestrating LG Face Off
Osun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has praised peaceful democratic governance ongoing across Osun state and affirmed that there is no legal or governance reasons for the opposition clamors for state of emergency in Osun state.
In a relsease by the state chairman of the party, Hon. Sunday Bisi, the PDP faulted all the reasons listed by the APC and affirmed that there is no breakdown of democratic governance from the judiciary to the state assembly and the executive agencies of government.
Describing the state APC as window shopper for crisis, the PDP noted that Rivers state is not Osun state and that the situation in both states are quite different and incomparable.
“We note with utter surprise the shamelessness and open hatred for Osun people by the APC. Osun is enjoying democratic dividends; machiney of government is running well; there is peace in the state despite the evil orchestration of the APC.
“We condemn the increasing desperation of APC against the people and government of Osun state. We urge the presidency and all lovers of democracy to ignore the whispering of these evil power seekers. Osun is not Rivers and there is no basis for any clamour for State of Emergency.
“Osun people are aware and are happy with the leadership capacity of Mr governor, his team and that of his advisers which has enabled him to deliver on governance service which the APC failed to accomplish in four years.
“The people of Osun state have sincerely rejected the insinuation and the false alarms over the leadership of the state as they know the state governor is not only in charge but is discharging his duties responsibly and in due consultation with his team within and outside the state executive council.
“The Adeleke administration respected the judiciary in all ramifications and the crisis that rocked the judiciary then was simply a management issue between the Chief judge and judicial staff of the state. The governor positively intervened at a point to pay up the salary and emoluments that were the crux of the judicial faceoff. Today, Osun judiciary is working normally while the National Judicial Council handles issues around the Chief judge.
“Osun APC cannot twist reality and facts of Oyetola’s last minute appointments of traditional rulers, many of who were crowned right inside the Government House in violation of all traditional and legal requirements. Governor Adoeke has since been clearing the mess within the traditional institution within the bound of the law.
“Just two weeks ago, the Osun State Council of Traditional rulers prayed for the governor and applauded his good governance records, his observance of the rule of law and his utmost respect for the royal institutions, features lacking when APC was in government.
On the issue of obedience to court judgement, the Adeleke administration has no record of disobeying court orders since assumption of office. On the contrary, it is the APC that has refused to accept the Court ruling which sacked its Yes/No local government chairmen.
“The best of legal minds have declared that the Court of Appeal ruling does not contain any reinstatement directive or orders as has been paraded by the Osun APC. There is a national consensus that the APC judgement which sacked the Yes/No Chairmen subsists as it was never vacated by any court judgement including that of the Akure Court of Appeal.
“Governor Adeleke as a law abiding leader decided to alert the public about the evil plot of the Osun APC with a request for security action to stop the planned illegal invasion of the local governments across the state. Despite his public broadcast , it is on record that the APC indeed invaded the council secretariats and killed six PDP members. APC foisted a premeditated violence on Osun state based on a non-existing court order.
“What APC did in the local governments crisis was a repeat of what the party did during the 2022 governorship elections where PDP lost 35 party members. Osun APC is clearly vampiric and a blood sucking platform that has taken the lives of six more PDP members during the recent local government crisis.
“Governor Adeleke demonstrated statesmanship by ordering all parties to stay away from local government secretariat including the newly elected PDP chairmen and councillors. This was after the Governor had issued a condolence address to the families of victims including the only APC man that was killed at Ikire.
“On the issue of teachers recruitment, Governor Adeleke acted in the best interest of the state by sanitizing the state public service from illegal injection into the service, of thousands of APC symphatisers by Mr Gboyega Oyetola, few weeks before he was to quit the office as the state governor. The former administration deliberately plotted an overbloated public service whose salaries, the incoming government will not be able to pay.
“The booby trap was dismantled by Governor Adeleke who ordered a reversal to due process in the recruitment of health and school teachers within the confine of capacity to pay and with respect to needs of the various sectors of the state economy.
“Is it not shameless of the APC to be lamenting wasteful electoral expenditure when the state still vividly remmeber it’s ridiculous Yes/No election which was conducted in violation of the electoral act and which was voided by the Court of law? Is it not reprehensible that the Osun APC conducted a kangaroo election few weeks before leaving office and in open breach of due process?
“What mouth has such a party to condemn a local council election that was conducted within the provisions of the law, within required time frame and within a court judgement to fill an existing vacancies at the local government level?
“We affirm that Osun APC is an open embarrassment to the Presidency as it attempted to steal local government offices when the party has been openly rejected by the people.
“Seeking shortcut to power as a defeated senatorial candidate, what Ajibola Bashiru is doing, is a manifestation of anti-people desperation and a demonic manifestation of lust for power
“As an enlightened people committed to the rule of law, relevant stakeholders have taken legal action on who should be the legitimate occupants of the local government councils. Rather than engaged in brigandary and violence, Osun statekholders have embraced the rule of law.
“On strike action at the local government level, there is one thousand and one reasons why local government staff are not at work as they feared for their lives after six PDP members were killed and because the subject of local leadership is already subjudiced.
“No local government staff want to be an accomplice to crime as those who hijacked the council secretariats presently have been sacked by a competent court of law and the court judgement the APC is parading has no consequential orders nor contain any directive, reinstating the Yes/No chairmen.
“By every accounts, democratic governnace is ongoing across Osun state as the school system is running; the health centres are functioning; several agencies of government are delivering services to the people and businesses are running seamlessly.
“The state assembly is working robustly with over 30 bills already passed into law while the court system is working across the various judicial divisions. The Ifon -Ilobu crisis is being fanned by the state APC but security actions is taking charge of the communal crisis that has been on since the time of APC administration in the state.
“Osun is therefore not under any situation to warrant lunatic calls for state of emergence as the machinery of government is running smoothly and delivery of democratic dividends is proceeding without let or hindrance.
“We therefore call on the Presidency to ignore the evil, anti-people clamours for destruction of democracy in Osun state by a group who lost out in a free and fair elections in 2022.
“We also commend lovers of democracy around President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who constantly speak the truth to the Number One Citizen about the state of affairs in Osun. Osun is peaceful and remain one of the best state in the delivery of good governance” he concluded.
