How Governor Adeleke Foiled Bid to Stop Accord's Canvassers’ Rally- Adeleke Spokesperson

● Blasts APC Statement as “Bundle of Fake News”

Osun APC is spreading falsehood and fake news about the hugely successful Accord canvassers’ rally because it failed in its anti-democratic plot to stop the event from holding.

Giving the above clarification was the spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke, Mallam Olawale Rasheed who decried the concerted efforts of the state APC to deploy the state police command as a tool to block a legally convened campaign and mobilisation event.

Narrating how Governor Ademola Adeleke foiled APC bid to stop the rally, the spokesperson said the Osun APC launched a coordinated plot to use the police to stop the event from holding by clandestinely claiming to be organising another event on the same day as an alibi for the police to cancel all political events in the town.

In what appeared like a joint operation, the state police command without consulting the state government purportedly issued a statement cancelling a campaign event in which the state governor was the chief host.

The purported police directive was widely seen as a hatchet job in favour of Osun APC and a politically motivated decision designed to deny the Accord and its candidate their legitimate rights guaranteed under the constitution and the Electoral Act.

“Mr Governor then decided to engage the police authorities,calling attention to the inherent illegality and the partisan implications of the police position on the subject. The police authorities later bow to fair policing requirements and withdraw their reported opposition to the hosting of the rally.

“We submit that the rally was held under all legal conditions. Mr Governor did not disobey any police directive because there was no legal directive to obey. The police after engagement only realised its errors and withdrew what was apparently a partisan stance.

“On the minor incident of stage collapse, the truth is that there were a few hiccups at the beginning. It was fixed and the programme proceeded with a huge crowd of voters and canvassers. All key leaders spoke and Mr Governor rounded it up with the official inauguration of the canvassers. The videos are all over social media.

“Our hale and hearty governor addressed the crowd and sang and danced with thousands of canvassers. Details of speeches were issued in a statement. The Osun APC cannot deny what the public can see, watch and read on their mobile telephones. 

“On the spiritual dimension of today’s event, that such a mammoth crowd can grace such an event in the home constituency of its campaign director general and its sitting Senator confirm the political death of APC in Ijeshaland and Osun state as a whole. 

“Again, that the event was successfully held after the desperate bid of Osun APC to stop it and that the programme also proceeded after initial hiccups, signal supreme victory over Bola Oyebamiji and continuity of Adeleke governorship ”, the Spokesperson narrated.

While debunking all the fake news emanating from the Osun APC, the governor's spokesperson concluded that the mammoth crowd at the canvassers’ rally is a signpost of what will happen across Osun state, affirming that “by God and people, Governor Adeleke will be re-elected come August 15”.

Signed:
Mallam Olawale Rasheed,
Spokesperson to the State Governor.

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