Your reasons for fleeing Nigeria for over three weeks flimsy – Osun APC tells Adeleke

By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo –

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticised Governor Ademola Adeleke for what it described as an unjustified absence from the state for over three weeks, stating that his explanation for the trip was flimsy, puerile, and irritating.

In a statement signed by the party’s Director of Media and Information, Mogaji Kola Olabisi, the APC said Adeleke’s decision to leave the country without formal communication to the people or proper delegation of duties reflects disregard for constitutional responsibilities.

Olabisi, while reacting to comments by the governor’s spokesperson, who said Adeleke travelled to the United States to attend and prepare for the wedding of his nephew, music star David Adeleke (Davido), described that reason as unacceptable for a sitting governor who has key issues pending at home.

He said, “The reason given by Governor Adeleke for abandoning the state for over two weeks running, that he was attending to the preparation of his nephew’s wedding anniversary, was horrendous, obnoxious and an insult to the sensibility of the people of Osun State. If Governor Adeleke could abscond from the country for over two weeks running because of his nephew’s wedding ceremony, for how many months would he abdicate his constitutional responsibilities if it were to be B-Red, his son, that was getting married?”

The statement also pointed out that other key government figures, including the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Teslim Igbalaye, and the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Adewale Egbedun, were also reportedly outside the country, raising further questions about who is in charge of state affairs.

“It is pathetic that the governor is neither worried nor bothered that his state, whose National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has been on a needless sympathy strike for the governor for over six months, could resort to frolicking in the foreign land under the guise of preparation for his nephew’s wedding ceremony.

“The situation in Osun State today is more worrisome, as the state is in a state of inertia, as the state executive, Governor Adeleke, and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, His Right Honourable Adewale Egbedun, who threatened the life of the traditional ruler of his town, the Alashi of Ashi, last week in a viral video recording, had both sneaked out of the state at different times.

“The State Secretary of the Government (SSG), Alhaji Teslim Igbalaye, too, is also in Dallas, Texas, United States of America, for an event by the natives of Osogbo in the diaspora.