By Oyinkansayo Wole-Bodunde.
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticized Governor Ademola Adeleke.
They accused him of dishonesty regarding his alleged attempts to defect to the party. According to the APC, Adeleke should have admitted that his efforts to join the party were unsuccessful.
“We wonder why Governor Adeleke failed to reveal to the PDP stakeholders that the condition given to him by the leadership of the ruling party at the national level was that he would have to queue up and that he could not be given an automatic ticket for the governorship election under the APC,” the APC said in a statement by its Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi.
The APC related Adeleke’s situation to that of a person trying to keep a secret, despite being discovered. The party referenced Adeleke’s visit to Chief Bisi Akande, which was seen as an attempt to defect.
In response, Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, said, “A performing Governor who has achieved in under three years what the APC could not deliver in twelve and who enjoys overwhelming support from the people does not need a party widely criticized and rejected in Osun due to its past failures and current disarray. With over 80 percent job approval and a visible impact across all sectors and regions of the state, Governor Adeleke was recently endorsed for a second term by Osun workers on Workers’ Day. He has no reason to join a party plagued by internal strife and leadership crises.”
