The Osun chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed claims that Governor Ademola Adeleke attacked President Bola Tinubu at the South-West Summit held in Akure.
In a statement by its Media Director, Hezekiah Oladele Bamiji, the party described the malicious story as a figment of the imagination of the All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesperson, Kola Olabisi.
Bamiji insisted that at no time did Adeleke or his representative attack Tinubu at the Akure summit, and knocked Olabisi for trying to peddle falsehoods against the governor, despite his long years of association and benefit from the Adeleke family.
The PDP frowned at what it described as a feeble attempt to twist an open speech about Osun’s experience, especially with respect to the handling of local government elections and funds.
The statement reads, “Throughout the speech at Akure, there was never an attack on Mr President, but details about what Osun state is passing through within the context of intergovernmental relations. The gathering was an assemblage of Yoruba leaders and the theme of the summit was relations between the center and the subnational levels.
“The presentation presented details of efforts of Osun government to deepen relationship with the center and listed areas of positive outcomes and zones of complication. The speech was a factual presentation of what Osun is experiencing in the hands of some APC politicians who severally vowed to rig the 2026 polls.
“The speech went further to advocate protection and respect for the Constitution. It equally advised against maltreatment of Osun because of political considerations. We find it reprehensible for a supposed mouthpiece of the opposition to concert falsehood against the Adelekes, his former benefactor”, the statement posted, all because of politics and without blinking an eye.
“Governor Adeleke has demonstrated beyond reasonable doubts that he has deep respect for Mr President and discussing issue of governance as it affects Osun State at a summit of respected leaders of the South West does not translate to an attack on the President.
“We urge the public to discontenance the fake news of an ingrate. Governor Adeleke has never disparaged Mr President, not just as a matter of mere governmental protocols, but a deep-seated respect from a younger sibling of the same race with the President and enshrined in the values of a Yoruba man.”
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