Ondo APC Accuses PDP Of Being Too Desperate For Power

By Ayodele Oni

The All Progressive Congress, (APC) in Ondo State has said that the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) and its candidate in last year’s Governorship election, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, are trying to get what they could not achieve at the poll by embarking on legal tussles.

This was contained in a statement signed by the chairman of the party, Mr Ade Adetimehin in Akure on Thursday.

Reacting to what he described as desperate moves on the part PDP and its candidate, the chairman pointed out that “while we patiently wait for the resolution of this matter before the Supreme Court, it is important to underscore the fact that Jegede and the PDP are not challenging the result of the October 10th 2020 governorship election, where the APC won outstandingly in fifteen out of the eighteen local governments, while the PDP won in only three.

“Rather they are pursuing an interloping technical issue that concerns the APC alone.

“We respect and appreciate the electoral expressions of the people as validly represented by the election results, and will continue to do all to uphold and protect same.

“While we sympathise with the PDP over its lost of focus, the pitiable decay and degeneracy that continues to confound and permeate it, our commitment to maintaining decency and civility will not be compromised. Thus we will not permit them to drag Ondo State into any crisis because of a failed ambition.”

The APC chairman also condemned statement credited to the PDP on diversion of state funds by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu describing it as too petty.

“The APC-led government will not, for any reason, deploy the resources of the State to the pursuance of any individual interest.

“The party therefore urges the people of Ondo State  and workforce to disregard this petty insinuation that the funds meant for salaries would be deployed to other purposes. That is not consistent with the character of our Governor, Arakunrin Akeredolu.

“We also take serious view of a press statement issued by the PDP to the effect that Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has negotiated with the Supreme Court Judges to compromise justice and favor him outrightly in the matter before their Lordships.

“According to the PDP, the sum of over N3.8 billion which represents workers wage bill has been pledged to the Honourable Justices of the Supreme Court.

“We find this attitude and behaviour insolent, mischievous, unwholesome and absolutely in bad taste.

“While we will not attempt to hold brief for the Supreme Court Judges, we however want to put on record, that it is absolutely bad manners that will make anyone to comfortably manufacture falsehood and attempt to shoot down the integrity of these Judges and the institution they represent.

“We however wish to reiterate that Governor Oluwaotimi Akeredolu, SAN, does not engage Honourable Justices in any discussion over any matter before them, and this continues to represent the hallmark of his practice as a senior lawyer who has an unmitigated and irrevocable commitment to upholding the tenets  of justice and fair play.”