{"id":121807,"date":"2024-06-19T11:35:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T10:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/osun-apc-claims-adeleke-forcing-commercial-transporters-to-swear-oath-to-support-his-govt"},"modified":"2024-06-19T13:44:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T12:44:32","slug":"osun-apc-claims-adeleke-forcing-commercial-transporters-to-swear-oath-to-support-his-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/osun-apc-claims-adeleke-forcing-commercial-transporters-to-swear-oath-to-support-his-govt","title":{"rendered":"Osun APC claims Adeleke forcing commercial transporters to swear oath to support his govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of involvement in desperate strategies to ensure he secures a second term in office.<\/p>\n<p>The accusation was contained in a statement signed by the Osun APC Chairman, Tajudeen Lawal.<\/p>\n<p>The APC alleged that Adeleke was forcing commercial motorcycle and tricycle riders in the state to swear an oath of continuous support for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Lawal specifically noted that the APC reliably gathered that the governor was forcing commercial motorcyclists to swear by Ogun, the god of iron, to continue to support the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads: \u201cIt was learnt that Adeleke has now resorted to forcing commercial motorcycle and tricycle riders in the state to swear to the oath of continuous support for the PDP in all the future elections in the state with the god of iron called \u2018Ogun\u2019 in Yoruba parlance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was also gathered that words have been passed round from the state capital level of the transportation unions that the secret oath-taking of the compulsory allegiance should be held in all the units of the unions across the nooks and crannies of the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernor Adeleke and his co-travellers have also been going round the state to woo back the real owners of the PDP in the state that they chased away with cudgels, cutlasses, abuses and lack of political patronage immediately Adeleke was announced the winner of the governorship election by the Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, however, the Osun PDP Chairman, Sunday Bisi, described APC\u2019s allegations as a false campaign against the ruling party and the governor.<\/p>\n<p>Bisi said Adeleke did not need to force anyone to take an oath because of his incredible performance, both in terms of welfare and infrastructural development which had earned him the support of not just those in the transportation sector, but also across other sectors.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cContrary to the false impression that Sooko Tajudeen Lawal tried to create, we authoritatively gathered that the Osun APC advances to transporters in Osun did not yield and the only thing Kola Olabisi could come up with was to lie to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo any reasonable mind in Osun, it would not be so hard to understand why transporters in Osun turned down the APC advances. Its time at the helm in Osun State brought nothing but pains and anguish, and it is, therefore, nothing but nonsense on the part of Sooko Tajudeen Lawal to try and cover for his party\u2019s failure and the consequent rejection by cooking up cheap lies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly parasitic elements like the APC will ever contemplate that Governor Adeleke will need to force support, especially when the only alternative are those who almost drove the state into a ditch through reckless financial mismanagement and poor welfare attitude.\u201dBalanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.<\/p>\n<p>As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.<\/p>\n<p>If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.<\/p>\n<p>Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of involvement in desperate strategies to ensure he secures a second term in office. The accusation was contained in a statement signed by the Osun APC Chairman, Tajudeen Lawal. 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