The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has fired back at the ruling Accord Party and Governor Ademola Adeleke over criticism of the plan by the council chairmen to purchase operational vehicles security agencies in the state.
The APC described the statement by Pastor Victor Akande, Chairman of Accord as ill-advised, frivolous and uncalled for.
Kola Olabisi, Director of Media of the APC said the Accord Party and Governor Ademola Adeleke should be applauding the initiative instead of condemning it.
“We observe that the main problem and pains of the Accord Party is not the laudable policy that the legally-reinstated APC local government council chairmen have already achieved over the plan to help the police in fighting crimes across the state but the fact that the proactive patriotic actions of the council executives have succeeded in exposing the Adeleke-led government of grossly lacking in its priority of its constitutional roles to the innocent people of the state,” APC said in a statement on Tuesday.
The opposition party said Governor Adeleke’s administration prioritised spending over N600m on renovation of shrine in his hometown instead of facing serious issues of governance.
“We wonder why a supposed ruling party which is supposed to commend the patriotic efforts of the reinstated APC council executives should be the one to be in the lead in shooting down the good intention of the council chairmen and councillors.
“Does Adeleke need to blame anyone if his series of misplaced priorities like the spending of over N600 million to renovate a local shrine in Ede, his home town, have been some of the factors causing the rejection of his government by the highest percentage of the people of the state?
“It is disheartening that a bunch of the disoriented, wobbled and frustrated political entities under the auspicious of one unknown and unpopular Accord Party who ideally should be commending the efforts of the 10th February, 2025 Court of Appeal reinstated APC local government council chairmen and councillors for being a potent factor in fighting crimes in the state have shamelessly formed themselves into a clog in the wheel of the patriotic effort for progress in the state.
“If the Accord Party, Adeleke and the hoard of his political hangers-on cannot see the good intention in the APC-controlled local government council chairmen in helping the police to fight crimes, it means they need help which however, is belated as their occupation of the state for over three years has exposed them as grossly lacking in the required attributes needed to effectively develop the state.
“Governor Adeleke and his cohorts should continue to live with the undeniable fact that the APC reinstated council executives remain the legally elected council chairmen in Osun State until they finally exhaust all legal opportunities of their tenure determination up till the Supreme Court which expressly gave them an unconditional autonomy in its judgement.”
The APC cautioned the ruling party not to poloticise the security issues in the state.
“It is only a government that is administratively challenged that will refuse to come to terms with the undeniable fact that it is an anomaly for any level of government to subject the issue of security to needless politicisation as it is being currently witnessed under the dwindling administration of Governor Adeleke.”
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