The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted Governor Ademola Adeleke for returning to the Supreme Court barely six weeks after withdrawing an earlier case on the disbursement of local government allocations.
In a statement signed by Kola Olabisi, the party’s Director of Media and Information, the APC said the move shows that Adeleke’s government has reached a dead end and is operating in confusion.
According to the party, the repeated litigation reflects the administration’s attempts to take control of funds meant for grassroots governance.
“The way and manners the Osun State Government has been going about the local government allocations issue from the Federal Government underscore the fact that it lacks diplomacy, competence and simple understanding required to govern at any level not to talk of a complex state like Osun,” the APC stated.
The party maintained that Adeleke has not shown the qualities needed to lead, especially on issues that involve legal principles and due process.
The statement partly reads: “One need not toot about the bush to submit and conclude that Osun State is in a serious problem under the watch of Governor Adeleke, as almost all things are in tupsy-turfy since the inauguration of his inglorious administration in 2022.
“When the head is rotten, the torso is definitely in a serious, irredeemable problem, which is the hallmark of a leader who is both pathologically and fundamentally challenged. Surprisingly, the government that has a duty to respect the rule of law is the one promoting mudslinging and blackmail to bully the opposition to silence over their lawful reinstatement into the councils, and the Federal Government and its ministers to act contrary to the laws of the land.
“One is surprised that the same government that quickly discontinued its earlier suit at the Supreme Court less than six weeks ago has rushed again to the same court over the same issues with no different facts.
“It is a big proof of a fact that Osun State is in a big mess to have once entrusted its future in the hands of the current occupiers of the Bola Ige House.”
