Stop Pushing Out False Narrative – Adeleke’s Spokesperson Slams Oyebamiji Over Comment On A’Court Verdict

•Says Appeal Court Affirmed Sack Of YES Or NO APC Council Officials

The Spokesperson to the Osun State Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed has has slammed a governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Congress, Bola Oyebamiji, for allegedly raising a false alarm which could heat up the polity in the state.

Rasheed accused Oyebamiji who is the Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), of pushing out a false statement on the recent decision by the Appeal Court on the local governments issue.

The governor’s spokesperson noted that no amount of misguided twist will change the legal reality of the sack APC council chairmen and councillors.

CityMirrorNews reports that the Court of Appeal sitting in Akure on Friday dismissed a motion filed by the APC to relist an appeal jointly filed and abandoned in respect of a lower court decision delivered on 30th November 2022, which sacked the elected APC council chairmen.

Meanwhile, Oyebamiji in an earlier statement on Saturday, warned the state government not to use operatives of Osun Amotekun to take over the council secretariats on Monday.

But a statement by the governor’s spokesperson on Saturday, accused Mr. Oyebamiji of a deliberate attempt to mislead the public on a judgement that is clear forward, saying that contrary to the impression the Ikire-born politician tried to sell, “the Appeal Court affirmed the judgement of the Federal High Court, Osogbo, that sacked the APC Chairmen and councillors”.

Rasheed lashed at Mr. Oyebamiji for “trying to capitalize on the ignorance of his party members to shore up his failing aspiration,” dismissing him as a false alarmist out to heat up the polity with blatant falsehood and should be ignored by the public.

“It is shameful that someone who is aspiring to govern a state could stoop so low to misrepresent Friday’s decision of the Court of Appeal in order to cause confusion and possibly, create a crisis.

“Contrary to his claim, the Court of Appeal did not revalidate the reinstatement of the court-sacked YES or NO officials. Rather, it affirmed their sack,” Rasheed noted.

“While the CTC of the judgement is still being awaited, excerpts from the judgement which is already in the public space clearly showed that the panel revalidated the nullification of the October 15, 2022 local governments election and the sack of the supposed beneficiaries. The faint reference to the sister appeal which the APC has been misrepresented, was to push home the court’s reason to deny the attempt to revive the already dismissed appeal.

“To show that Mr Oyebamiji lied, he should tell the whole world why his party filed the application to relist the appeal against the judgement in the suit filed by the Action Peoples Party (APP) which sacked the APC Chairmen and councillors.

“As much as Mr Oyebamiji and his party can continue to lie about the reality of the sack of the YES or NO officials, the whole world already knows the truth and that is what matters,” he added.

Mallam Rasheed, who dismissed the claim that the Osun Government will utilise Amotekun to usher elected local government officials into office, said Governor Adeleke is a leader of due process who stuck with the law to get the local government crisis resolved.

“Amotekun was created for a purpose and that is for the security of the people. The Osun State Government under Senator Ademola Adeleke is not in the business of abusing state resources for political purposes.

“Governor Adeleke is committed to upholding due process to ensure that lawfully elected officials at the councils can assume office without any resort to violence.

“This administration is committed to peace and stability, contrary to the intention of Mr Oyebamiji and his party, whose resort to violence claimed no fewer than eight lives, seven of which are PDP members. The state leadership will not give the likes of Mr Oyebamiji and his party the satisfaction of shedding more blood in their desperate bid to hijack power, and so, it will continue to solely rely on the law, one of which is the recent decision of the Court of Appeal, which affirmed the sack of the APC Chairmen and councillors,” the spokesperson stated.