Dr. Deji Adeleke, founder and
Pro-Chancellor, Adeleke University, Ede and elder brother to the candidate of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 22, 2018 governorship poll
in Osun State, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday, said many promises made by
the PDP before the family accepted the party’s governorship ticket were not
kept.
Dr. Adeleke, in a statement in
Osogbo , declared that his younger brother had no intention to contest the
governorship election in the first place, but was prevailed upon by the PDP
leadership and elders before the family accepted “most reluctantly after receiving
assurances and promises that were never kept.”
He, therefore, rejected the
reported nomination of his brother for another try for the governorship seat of
Osun in 2022 by PDP leaders in the
state, saying the party should give Senator Adeleke break to take a rest for
now.
He expressed gratitude to those
who were concerned about what he called “huge resources committed” to execute
his younger brother’s participation in the PDP primary and general elections
and the payment to lawyers during the litigation period.
Adeleke counselled that money
spent on elections should not be considered an investment to be recouped upon
assumption of office through corruption and banditry, but should rather be
considered as a grant to help deepen democracy and advance the rule of law.
“I am not a card-carrying member
of any political party but I am a sympathiser/supporter of the PDP in Osun
State. Osun State PDP will be better off and well prepared for the next general
election in the state, if internal democracy is encouraged and enforced.
“All elective positions,
including the position of governor of the state, should be open to all members
of the party to contest in a transparent primary election. Everyone must be
given a sense of belonging, in order to grow the party in Osun State.
“The PDP members that are trading
blame within the party should be reminded that the PDP won the governorship
election held on September 22, 2018, but was not allowed to take office by the
powers that be in the ruling party. Members should be proud that the electorate
sided with the party against the ruling party in that election and not blame
each other for the daylight robbery that deprived the party of the mandate
freely given by the good people of Osun State, which has brought shame and
disgrace to Nigeria as a country.
“As for the Adeleke family, of
which I am one, we will like to remind all the PDP members that Senator Ademola
Nurudeen Adeleke had no intention to contest the governorship election in the
first place, but was invited and prevailed upon by the party leadership and
party elders to contest the governorship election, which he and his family
accepted most reluctantly after receiving assurances and promises that were
never kept.
“Everything that followed after
this, is now history. Senator Adeleke should, therefore, be given a break, to
take his well-deserved rest and decide what he will do/not do when the time
comes.
“Contributions to an election
fund should always be considered a grant, to help deepen our democracy and
advance the rule of law, which eventually translates into Foreign Direct
Investments (FDI), economic growth and job creation.” The statement read.
Punch reported that in reacting
to the controversies surrounding the adoption of Senator Adeleke as the PDP
consensus governorship candidate of the 2022 poll, the Deputy National
Publicity Secretary of the party, Diran Odeyemi, said a chieftain of the party
from Osun West, while addressing a meeting held in Adeleke’s residence in Ede,
on Tuesday, suggested that Senator Adeleke should be re-presented by the party
in 2022.
“Dr Babalola said in appreciation
of the support of the Adelekes to the PDP in Osun State, Senator Ademola
Adeleke should be represented in 2022 and everyone seated clapped in
appreciation of that motion”, Odeyemi was quoted to have said.
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