Adeleke visits APC’s Akande, demands caution in resolving Osun LG crisis

…as APC describes visit as political pilgrimage

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State hasemphasised the need for stakeholders to avoid resorting to self-help in resolving the lingering Local Government leadership crisis in the State.

According to the governor, this approach could lead to further loss of lives and properties, urging all parties to return to Court for the ventilation of their viewpoints.

Governor Adeleke made the remark when he visited the Ibadan residence of Bisi Akande, former Governor of Osun State and ex-National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The governor, in a statement by Olawale Rasheed, his Spokesperson, had on Tuesday embarked on Statewide statekholders consultation on the recent controversies over Local Government leadership in the State.

The governor narrated the position of the State Government over recent legal controversies and restated his committment to rule of law for the resolution of the issues.

He appreciated the consensus building roles of Akande in stabilisation of the national leadership, declaring that Osun State as being proud of the elder statesman.

The governor further conveyed the support of the Osun State Government for the administration of President Bola Tinubu, informing the elder statesman that the State Government enjoys warm partnership with the Federal Government across all sectors.

But in a swift reaction to Governor Adeleke’s visit to Akande, APC Chieftain, the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) criticised Governor Adeleke’s visit to Akande, describing it as a “political pilgrimage” aimed at seeking a “soft landing” on the prevailing political crisis.

In a statement made available to journalists by Kola Olabisi, the party’s director of media and information, said “It was strange that Governor Adeleke and his cohorts could find a way to Pa Akande’s residence after the People’s Democratic Party’s thugs, acting on the governor’s body language, had killed one of the reinstated Local Government Council Chairmen of Akande’s party, Rmi Abass, in Ikire and other members of the opposition party in the other parts of the State few days ago.

“We want to impress it on Governor Adeleke and his co-travellers that Pa Akande is a democrat and no amount of under-the-table arrangement would make the former governor of the state to work against the interest of his party.

“Does Governor Adeleke want Pa Akande to be praising him for being instrumental to the killing of the chieftain and members of his party?

“We want to believe that there are knowledgeable political lieutenants of Governor Adeleke who should guide him aright that the proper place for him to go if at all he has any case for redress after the Akure verdict of 10th of February, 2025, is the Supreme Court.”