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A member of the West African Solidarity Network, Austin Aigbe, has accused Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke of playing politics with President Bola Tinubu’s mandate by supporting the President at the federal level while opposing his administration’s influence in the state.
Aigbe made the allegation during an ARISE News discussion on the Osun governorship election, while commenting on the political relationship between Adeleke, Tinubu and former Osun Governor Gboyega Oyetola.
According to Aigbe, Adeleke’s position was politically motivated by the relationship between Tinubu and Oyetola.
“Governor Adeleke wants President on his side because the President is a cousin to the former governor of Osun,” Aigbe said.
“Governor Adeleke is just playing politics, supporting Tinubu’s mandate at the federal level but not the state level,” he added.
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Also speaking during the programme, human rights lawyer and activist Deji Adeyanju described Adeleke’s endorsement of Tinubu as contradictory, given the governor’s allegations that the Federal Government was working against him.
Adeyanju said it was ironic for Adeleke to support Tinubu for the presidency while accusing the President’s government of attempting to rig the Osun election.
“Governor Adeleke is endorsing Tinubu and also crying that his government is trying to rig him,” Adeyanju said.
He argued that the political alignment was inconsistent with the role of the opposition, saying the Accord Party, which he described as part of the broader opposition, should ordinarily oppose the government at the centre.
