The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday said
the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Chief
Adegoke Adelabu, recently told some of his admirers that some power brokers in
his party had assured him that the Appeal Court would declare him the governor-elect
of the state.
Specifically, the PDP alleged that Adelabu told
some of his supporters in his hotel at Iyaganku that Senator Bola Tinubu had
assured him that the Appeal panel hearing his appeal against the state Governor,
Seyi Makinde's victory would declare him governor.
A statement issued by the PDP Deputy National
Publicity Secretary, Prince Diran Odeyemi, yesterday, which was made available
to journalists, said while the party would have treated the disclosure by Adelabu
as mere relaxation spot gist, the mention of Tinubu as the person who gave the assurance has made it imperative
for the party to draw attention of the world to the claim.
Odeyemi, who advised Adelabu and whoever that was
planning to circumvent the judicial process as regards the Oyo State governorship
election, warned that they not to forget the issues that led to the collapse of
First and Second Republic.
He warned that any attempt to manipulate the
judiciary to favour APC would not work, as the people of Oyo State would be
ready to defend, with the last drop of their blood, the mandate given to
Governor Makinde.
According to the statement, "We have it on
good authority that the APC governorship candidate of Oyo State, Adegoke
Adelabu, recently told some of his admirers in a hotel last week that Tinubu
had promised him that the Appeal Panel would declare him governor of Oyo State.
"Sincerely, we would have treated the
disclosure as a statement coming at an excitable moment at a relaxation spot,
but the mention of Tinubu as the main actor negotiating for Adelabu to purchase
the judgement makes it necessary for us to tell the world the story.
"We hope those behind this plot will learn from
issues that crashed both the First and Second Republic, and desist from act
capable of truncating peace of the ‘Pacesetters State’, as the people of the
state will be ready to protect one of them ho they massively voted for even
with the last drop of their blood."
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