‘Lies from the pit of hell,’ Osun APC debunks rumours of Gov Adeleke’s defection

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has debunked widespread rumours that Governor Ademola Adeleke has defected to the party from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The APC Publicity Secretary in the state, Kola Olabisi, in a statement on Sunday in Osogbo, described the insinuations as lies peddled by the Adeleke administration about his imminent defection into its fold.

He added that the APC in Osun State was not under any pressure to get Adelek to join the party.

The spokesman, therefore, urged the party supporters and people of the state to disregard the claim.

Olabisi said: “We want to state categorically and unequivocally that it is a lie from the pit of hell being told by the governor and his lieutenants that the state helmsman has defected into our party, as nothing of such is happening or being contemplated at all the levels of our party.

“At no time was there any pressure from the Presidency that Governor Adeleke should defect into our party as it has been the rumour by the governor’s lieutenants and his co-travellers.

“Without minding whose ox is gored, we make bold to state for the umpteenth time that Governor Adeleke hasn’t joined our party, while we are assuring our teeming members and supporters that our party is intact and all is well with it. ”

The spokesman noted that there were constitutional hurdles that must be crossed for Adeleke to join the APC.

“It is an impossible utopia for a governor to defect into our party without the knowledge of its national chairman, Mr. Ali Dalori, Chief Bisi Akande, state leader, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola (Minister of Marine and Blue Economy), state chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, the Agba Osun and others.

“It is indeed funny that it’s our party that had received persistent badmouthing from the gatecrashers into the Bola Ige House, who have now turned the most viable opposition party in the state into a beautiful bride,” he added.

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