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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Spokesperson to the Osun State Governor, Olawale Rasheed has described his principal, Ademola Adeleke as a sustainer of peace across the state.<\/p>\n

Olawale Rasheed also stated that Governor Adeleke has proven to be a crisis manager with an eye on public peace and prosperity despite the evil plot of anarchists within the opposition.<\/p>\n

Governor Adeleke\u2019s Spokesperson in a personally signed statement on Monday, obtained by DAILY POST also described as \u2018libelous and defamatory\u201d allegation of importing thugs leveled against top functionaries of the administration by the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as \u201ca baseless concoction without any iota of truth\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the beginning of the face off, the state Governor, being a security expert and a criminologist, had deployed his skills of conflict resolution to sustain peace even with the worst of provocations. The mapping of the entire state revealed that the opposition APC was mainly interested in burning the state down and destroying the elected political structures. Mr Governor smartly denied the APC the fuel for its arsonistic plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe outcome is the peace we are enjoying today in Osun State. Osun people are peacefully running their lives with huge gratitude to the Governor. The APC on the contrary is in severe pain for all its destructive plans against Osun and her people have failed.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo the opposition resorted to blackmail and name calling. Neither the visiting governors nor our Chief of Staff imported any hoodlums into the state. Governors Seyi Makinde and Bala Muhammed came to Osun on a solidarity peace mission based on their statutory positions within the Governors\u2019 Forum and their message was that parties to the face off should abide by the rule of law and avoid illegal self help.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Peoples Democratic Party lost five of its members on Monday with about 85 severely injured from gunshots and matchets. The Governor immediately ordered PDP members to stay away from the local government secretariats and avoid retaliatory attacks. He repeated the directive to elected local government chairmen, vice chairman and councillors yesterday during the swearing in event. Governor Adeleke is a peace loving leader with full backing of the Osun people to continue to deliver on good governance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hasten to remind the APC that the public are aware of its stock in trade as a party of sickening fake news with huge electoral deficit and widely confirmed unelectability attribute\u201d, the Spokesperson concluded.<\/p>\n

The Osun APC in a statement by Kola Olabisi, its Director of Media and Information accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of planning to instigate violence through non-state actors despite his directive on newly elected council chairmen to avoid local government secretariats.<\/p>\n

In the statement, the APC described the governor\u2019s directive as deceitful, claiming that Adeleke intends to attack the \u2018legally\u2019 reinstated chairmen and councillors using the Amotekun Corps and militants allegedly brought from Oyo State and the Niger Delta.<\/p>\n

The party also implicated Senator Bala Muhammed, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governor\u2019s Forum, and Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde in the alleged plan to destabilise Osun State.<\/p>\n

According to the APC, Makinde had mobilised thugs from Ibadan to Osogbo during the inauguration of the illegal council chairmen, while Muhammed reportedly secured support from a PDP governor to deploy Niger Delta militants to the state.<\/p>\n

The APC further alleged that militants, disguised in security uniforms, were being positioned to intimidate citizens and abduct opposition members to create fear and chaos.<\/p>\n

The statement claimed that the Amotekun Corps, led by retired police officer CSP Adekunle Omoyele, would provide cover for the alleged militants by supplying them with hooded clothing and masks to conceal their identities.<\/p>\n

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