The spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, Olawale Rasheed, on Monday, said the governor has proven to be a crisis manager with an eye on public peace and prosperity in the face of provocation by the opposition All Progressives Congress over control of local government areas in the state.
He said the sustenance of peace across the state “despite the evil plot of anarchists within the opposition” was due to the security acumen of the state governor and his penchant for peace and tranquility.
Describing as ‘libelous and defamatory” allegation of importing thugs leveled against top functionaries of the current administration by those he referred to as “children of anarchy”, Rasheed maintained that the allegation is “a baseless concoction without any iota of truth.”
He said, “From the beginning of the face off, the state Governor, being a security expert and a criminologist, had deployed his skills of conflict resolution to sustain peace even with the worst of provocations. The mapping of the entire state revealed that the opposition APC was mainly interested in burning the state down and destroying the elected political structures. Mr Governor smartly denied the APC the fuel for its arsonistic plan.
“The outcome is the peace we are enjoying today in Osun state. Osun people are peacefully running their lives with huge gratitude to the Governor. The APC on the contrary is in severe pain for all its destructive plans against Osun and her people have failed.
“So, the opposition resorted to blackmail and name calling. Neither the visiting governors nor our Chief of Staff imported any hoodlums into the state. Governors Seyi Makinde and Bala Muhammed came to Osun on a solidarity peace mission based on their statutory positions within the Governors’ Forum and their message was that parties to the face off should abide by the rule of law and avoid illegal self help.
“The Peoples Democratic Party lost five of its members on Monday with about 85 severely injured from gunshots and matchets. The Governor immediately ordered PDP members to stay away from the local government secretariats and avoid retaliatory attacks. He repeated the directive to elected local government chairmen, vice chairman and councillors yesterday during the swearing in event. Governor Adeleke is a peace loving leader with full backing of the Osun people to continue to deliver on good governance.
“We hasten to remind the APC that the public are aware of its stock in trade as a party of sickening fake news with huge electoral deficit and widely confirmed unelectability attribute.”
