The Palace of Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi has reacted to the viral reports purportedly emanated from the visit of 2018 governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in Osun, Senator Ademola Adeleke to the Monarch.
A statement by the Directorate of Media and Public Affairs of the Ooni of Ife’s Palace said the only message the Ooni passed to the politician was about free and credible elections devoid of crisis.
The Palace described a report where its Director of Public Affairs, Moses Olafare was reportedly quoted as stating that Adeleke, during a courtesy visit on Wednesday promised to procure an aircraft for the Ooni.
The statement reads, “To set the record straight, no such report was issued from the palace despite the fact that the politician’s speech was twisted by some writers with hidden intentions including to drag the respected stool of the Ooni in mud.
“While further clarifications could be sought from videos that emanated from the visit, the Ooni’s singular request was for a credible election devoid of crisis for the betterment of all, which the PDP chieftain agreed to.
“Going further, it is a statement of fact that, in the usual character of all political office aspirants and party’s candidates without exception, the visiting Senator Adeleke made several promises including the reconstruction of roads in Ile-Ife and completion of the Osun State Airport project at Ido-Osun among others. Sadly, these developmental bullet points were mischievously ignored in the viral news reports.”
The Palace said it’s in the public knowledge that the Adeleke family has a fleet of aircrafts and such gesture of offering the Ooni a private jet should not be misrepresented.
“On the controversial “Private Jet” it is a common knowledge that the Adeleke family has a fleet of private aircrafts which could have been the basis for the governorship hopeful to have lightly said, “Baba Private Jet tee ma gun Gan n be n’le. BABA, PRIVATE JETS YOU MAY NEED FOR YOUR TRIPS ARE READILY AVAILABLE”.
“While it is ridiculous to see such misinformation trend on supposed credible news platforms including national dailies, the palace of the Ooni wishes to caution the general public from erroneously believing the false report as it is a lie from the pit of hell.
“Adeleke’s visit was not the first and would never be the last political visit to the Ooni and other traditional rulers in the state as we are already approaching the election year in the state of Osun while other aspirants including the incumbent governor are still coming to make their promises as usual. Why the hullabaloo?”
