Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Wednesday expressed
regrets that the family of the late Senator Isiaka Adeleke has been using the
unfortunate incident of his death to manipulate the minds of the people of the
Ede ancient city.
Aregbesola said it is sad that since the death of the former
governor of Osun in April, many lies and fabrications have emanated from the
family and few of his loyalists.
Among the lies being peddled against him and his government
include the fact that the younger brother of the politician, Dr. Deji Adeleke
claimed that he borrowed the Aregbesola government money to pay workers
salaries. He said it is also unthinkable that the Adeleke family would claim
that Aregbesola begged Senator Adeleke to join APC.
Aregbesola stated these when he led the campaign train of
Senator Mudashir Husain to Ede in the series of mega-campaigns ahead of the
July 8, 2017 senatorial election.
Dee is the home town of the late Adeleke.
This was just as the Governor along with the Timi of Ede, Oba
Muniru Adesola Lawal, sued for peace stating that the coming election should
not be allowed to cause crisis.
The Governor said anywhere where peace is absent there can be no
development.
He stated that God chooses whom he likes as a leader and so
politicians should tred cautiously.
He held that APC did the best it could have done for the first
democratically elected Governor of the state when his then party, People's
Democratic Party PDP treated treated him by giving him the Senatorial ticket
then.
Aregbesola stated that it was the late senator who came to APC
uninvited because of the treatment he received in the PDP.
On the purported claim in some quarters that the Adeleke family
helped his re election, the Governor said he never collected a Kobo from the
younger brother of the late Senetor, Dr. Deji Adeleke or any of the Adelekes.
He added that his
administration has never for any reason borrowed money from any individual or
group to meet the state's statutory obligations.
Aregbesola held
that with the volume of workers' salaries arrears and pensions at that time, no
individual could borrow the state the amount required at that time.
According to him, "Deji Adeleke does not have the financial
capacity to bail out Osun from its financial challenges even before now, not to talk about
lending us money to pay workers' salaries. If anything at all, it is their
family that sought and got favours from the Osun State Government under my
watch. It is to the glory of God that they got the Certificate of Occupancy of their
university from our government. Why didn't those who are their new friends give
them C of O of that university?
“If Deji Adeleke has so much money, why is he begging me to
waive the payable tax of his university? Why cant he just pay?
"I am bold enough to say this over and over again, because
I have never sought for assistance from any of the Adeleke's family even during
the life time of Senator Isiaka Adeleke, nothing as such occurred.
"Though my relationship with late Adeleke was cordial and
beyond politics because we have known each other even before Osun politics
because our residences are adjacent to each other in Lagos state.
"He was a good brother and a friend to me while alive, but
during this dire economic period, I never approach him for any financial
assistance not to talk of obtaining cash from his brother.
The governor commended the monarch for calling for peace to
reign in the entire senatorial district before during and after the
election.
Aregbesola said it is the responsibility of the Oba to make sure
peace reigns in his domains.
According to him, "if the monarch fails to guarantee peace
in his area, he will be the first person to be blamed for shirking in his
responsibility.
"I am very happy that you called for and preached peach to
the people. As we all know there is no iota of gain in causing chaos.
And I must say here, Kabiesi, that peace in a town is the
responsibly of a king. And if he fails in his secure that peace he will be the
one that will be held responsible."
The campaign ground witnessed huge crowd of residents from
Ede.
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