All seems not to be well with the electoral victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke as shenanigans within the party are scheming to abort his inauguration on legal grounds.
A stalwart in the Osun State PDP is reportedly instituting legal action against Adeleke to stop him from being inaugurated as Governor over the way he emerged as the state’s PDP governorship candidate.
However, the Osun State PDP has rebuked the action of the PDP chieftain, assuring “that such treachery is an exercise in futility”.
A stern warning over the development was issued at the weekend, via a press statement by the CTC Chairman of the PDP in Osun State, Dr. Akindele Adekunle.
The statement reads:
“Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a stern warning to former governorship aspirant of the party, Dotun Babayemi to stop further legal action if truly he is a genuine member of the party.
“The party specifically frowned at the apparent attempt by the aspirant to become a tool of the All Progressive Congress(APC) to truncate the overwhelming victory of PDP at the governorship poll, declaring that such treachery is an exercise in futility”.
The Caretaker Chairman of the party, Dr. Akindele Adekunle, further described as worrisome, “Babayemi’s refusal to listen to calls by elders of his group who urged him to discontinue legal challenge on Osun PDP primary, reminding him that he is increasingly emerging as an instrument of a defeated governor who is struggling to come to term with his crushing defeat at the poll.
“While the aspirant had filed several cases and failed to upturn the due process decision of the party, the party noted that the last ruling of the Court of Appeal should put paid to further litigation on the primary, warning that any decision to pursue the issue further will smack of open anti-party activity and a direct disrespect for the people of Osun state who voted massively for Senator Ademola Adeleke”.
The party hinted that “a very dangerous and self-destructive dimension is the emerging alleged collaboration between Babayemi and the APC to continue the primary case, affirming that such an evil alliance will end in further legal defeat as the aspirant has no strong legal basis for his many litigations.
“From the beginning of the litigation to date, it was obvious the aspirant was only holding unto straws as the primary that produced Senator Adeleke fulfilled all extant regulations and legal requirements in line with the electoral act among others.
“The party not only duly authorized the primary, but the right delegates also participated at the right venue with the right statutory supervision while a valid court order equally mandated the holding and organization of the governorship primary.
“We are therefore constrained to call on Babayemi to toe the path of honour and embrace the overwhelming choice of the Osun people. Any hope of stealing people’s mandate for Senator Ademola Adeleke through the backdoor is a venture doomed from conception. Enough is enough”.
Signed
Dr. Akindele Adekunle
Chairman, CTC
Peoples Democratic Party
Osun State Chapter.