By Ayodele Oni
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has reiterated commitment to embrace peace and involve his opponents in the development of the state.
The governor, while reacting to the call for peace by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Bola Oyebamiji, after he visited President Bola Tinubu on Friday, for peace in the state, welcomed the initiative.
In a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, the governor called the peace advocacy by Oyebamiji “a positive tone after weeks of heated campaign and election season”
Adeleke described the peace advocacy by the APC candidate as a good development for the Osun people who experienced trauma and violence over the last two months ahead of the last Saturday elections.
While noting the call for restraint by all political parties, the governor reviewed the pre-election climate of fear and conflict and indicated that his team has never subscribed to violence as a weapon of political campaign, even when under severe pressure in the countdown to the elections.
The governor, who recounted the pain he went through to restrain his supporters from retaliating against attacks, said Accord lost 15 members, with 20 injured and scores in police detention.
“I am forever a man of peace. It is heartwarming that my brother, Oyebamiji, is also preaching peace. I assure him that my supporters have not and will not attack APC members.
“Elections have come and gone, and we are all winners. The common task for us all is to sustain delivery of democratic dividends and good governance to the good people of Osun State.
“I welcome Mr Gboyega Oyetola, Bola Oyebamiji and other opposition leaders to join hands with me to take Osun to greater heights. We are all important stakeholders in this Osun project ”, Governor Adeleke was quoted as saying.
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