Call for state of emergency in Osun callous, self-centred –Adeleke

From Lateef Dada, Osogbo

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has described the call by the national secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ajibola Basiru, for a state of emergency in the state as callous and self-centred.

In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, yesterday, Osun Government lambasted Basiru for the statement credited to him calling for extension of emergency rule to Osun.

The statement advised Basiru and his party, APC, not to throw the peace and tranquility being currently enjoyed in Osun to turmoil, all in an attempt to take the reign of governance through the backdoor.

“I have read what the over ambitious and loud mouthed National Secretary of the APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru said concerning the need for the declaration of State of Emergency to be extended by President Bola Tinubu as done in Rivers State last night to Osun State.

“While the call, no doubt stems from a demented mind as is the case with Basiru, it will be recalled that the same Basiru had in the not too recent past made a similar call when I engaged him on a national television station on the issue of local government chairmen in Osun State.

“It must, however, be emphasised that not only Basiru holds this senseless and obnoxious impression but also the entire APC cohorts and their members/followers in Osun State, who on a daily basis, are scheming for one mischievous device or the other to take the reign of governance in Osun State. But by the grace of God and with the support of the people of Osun State for the administration of Ademola Adeleke, all the evil machinations against the people oriented government of Adeleke will not see the light of the day.

“Furthermore, we call on our President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to see through the antics of people like  Basiru, a rejected and frustrated politician and his already rejected APC apologists in Osun, by rejecting the wicked and baseless call for the declaration of a state of emergency in Osun,” the statement added.