An All Progressives Congress (APC) pressure group in Ondo State, Ondo Solidarity Forum (OSF) has described as a show of shame, the relocation of governance from Akure, the Ondo State capital, to Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to enable ailing Governor Rotimi Akeredolu resume office.
In a statement issued on Saturday by its acting chairman, Hon Femi Ogunleye, and publicity secretary, Prince Kayode Fasua, the group described the mass movement of virtually all members of the executive and legislative arms of government, from Akure to Ibadan “to make Akeredolu resume office”, as mockery of democracy and a master plan of the cabal within the state.
“While we wish Governor Akeredolu well and pray for his quick recovery, our people in Ondo State are not dunces to know that the function of the legs is to walk, and not that of the head. Yes, the recuperating Governor is back in Nigeria and has settled in at his Ibadan, Oyo State residence to take a deserved rest.
“Why therefore the hurry to make Governor Akeredolu resume office when he is not yet fit? It is indeed a show of shame for the cabinet members and other aides in the executive arm, and the entire members of the House of Assembly loaded in a coaster bus like Boys Scout, to form a long convoy of vehicles from Akure to Ibadan, to go proclaim that Akeredolu who is still on vacation, has resumed as governor.
“We are all human beings and are susceptible to one ailment or the other, so we particularly feel for Governor Akeredolu and pray for his full recovery. However, if the governor was truly fit enough to resume office, he would have stormed Akure, the state capital and be received to a tumultuous welcome, or showed up at the Governor’s Office in Alagbaka, to continue his duties.
“Indeed, the state’s House of Assembly members, possibly spurred by the exciting pleasure of brand-new jeeps recently distributed to them, thus loaded themselves in a coaster bus at the risk of a possible accident that can wipe off an entire legislative arm; simply to go proclaim in Ibadan that Akeredolu has transmitted a letter to the House Speaker that he is through with his medical vacation,” the group flayed.
The OSF, however, expressed concern that a scenario of rulership by the cabal is already playing out in Ondo State, “in which power has actually transmitted from an ailing Governor to a group of highly influential individuals in government circles, who have the capacity to convince anyone that black is white “.
“But despite this sorry pass that Ondo State has been brought to, we are comforted by the divine law that all pretensions will ultimately collapse, and the truth must prevail in the end; more so that the so-called united cabal will soon be scattered by political ambitions, especially now that another governorship election in Ondo State knocks on the door,” the OSF appraised.