Osun: Ooni Congratulates Adeleke, Commends Oyetola, Electorate, INEC

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has congratulated the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke, in the just concluded gubernatorial election in Osun State, on his triumph at the poll. Ooni admonished him to carry everybody on board as a people's leader who has no time for vendetta that would have made him “lose focus on his plans for the state and who will not patronise the sycophantic behaviours of hypocrites who may want to selfishly misadvise him pretending to be his best loyalists.” The foremost African monarch in a statement issued by his Director of Media and Public Affairs, Otunba Moses Olafare, on Tuesday described the election result as a confirmation of Adeleke's grassroots popularity in the state which he must reward with good governance driven by rule of law, fear of God and selfless service to the people. According to him, "Senator Ademola Adeleke has been around for some time and his eventual victory is an opportunity for him to execute his election promises as much as possible.” Ooni urged him to be magnanimous in victory and justify the mandate of “our people which confirms his grassroots popularity by ensuring that Osun indigenes enjoy maximum dividends of democracy and good governance driven by rule of law, fear of God and selfless service to the people. "The governor-elect is from a noble family and a strong political dynasty in the state, and must avoid to be misled by the hypocrisy and sycophancy of some arrogant political lieutenants who may want to instigate him against merely perceived political enemies both in his party and in the opposition parties. Vendetta is capable of derailing a leader." Ooni, the permanent chairman of Osun State Council of Obas and co-chairman, National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria (NCTRN), equally hailed the state Governor, Alhaji Isiaka Oyetola, for his peace-loving character with which he comported himself before, during and after the election, describing him as a perfect gentleman of peace who kept his promise made recently at the peace accord meeting that he was not going to act as a desperate politician but would only remain as a simple political leader in all ramifications.