Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has been accused of
restricting access to the Osogbo City Stadium and Freedom Park, Osogbo for the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) final rally.
This allegation was made by Ademola Adeleke, the PDP
gubernatorial candidate in the Saturday, July 6, Osun gubernatorial election on
the sideline of the National Peace Committee peace accord signing by
gubernatorial candidates and their political parties in Osogbo on Wednesday.
Adeleke, while levelling the allegation, revealed that he
requested from Governor Oyetola his consent to make use of either the Osogbo
City Stadium or Freedom Park for the PDP mega rally.
Adeleke stated that the use of either venues for the rally
became necessary because of the calibre of guests and party bigwigs expected in
Osogbo.
According to him, “For our mega rally, we are expecting PDP
presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and some Governors. I won’t tell
you the names of the governors that are coming.
“PDP National Campaign Committee for Osun election is
showing commitment to this campaign, but we have been denied access to the stadium
and Freedom Park.”
Meanwhile, the Osun State Government has denied the
allegation.
Speaking for the government, Funke Egbemode, the Osun
Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation explained that the venues
had been approved for other programmes prior to the request by Adeleke and the
PDP to use either of them.
The PDP mega rally would hold on Thursday, July 14, 2022 and
many PDP governors and Atiku Abubakar, former vice President and gubernatorial
candidate of the party have arrived Osogbo in readiness for the rally.
The APC had held its own mega rally on Tuesday, July 12,
2022 at the Osogbo City Stadium, Osogbo.
Both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) have been having a running battle in the run-up to the
Osun gubernatorial election, which will hold on Saturday, July 16, 2022.
Both parties have also accused each other of orchestrating
attacks against their party members and of also being the cause of violence in
some areas of the State.
In 2018, both Ademola Adeleke of the PDP and Governor
Adegboyega Oyetola of the APC contested in the gubernatorial election, with
Oyetola coming out victorious after a rerun election in some local government
areas.
The electoral victory of Oyetola in 2018 has not gone down
well with the PDP and Adeleke who view it as a stolen mandate.
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