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.
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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.ÔÇØ
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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.
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He expressed gratitude to those who were concerned about
what he called "huge resources committedÔÇØ to execute his younger brother's
participation in the PDP primary and general elections and the payment to
lawyers during the litigation period.
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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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.ÔÇØ The statement read.
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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.
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"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 motionÔÇØ, Odeyemi was quoted to have said. (PMNEWS)
