The Osun State Government has condemned the call for emergency rule in the state by the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Following President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent imposition of a statement of emergency in Rivers State on Tuesday, the APC National Secretary, Senator Basiru had urged President Tinubu to consider a similar measure in Osun, citing Governor Ademola Adeleke’s alleged defiance of an Appeal Court Judgment reinstating APC-affiliated local government chairpersons.
But in a swift rebuttal, the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi in a statement condemned Basiru’s suggestion as callous and unlawful.
Alimi asserted that the situations in Rivers and Osun were fundamentally different and accused the APC of attempting to destabilise the state for political gains.
Alimi further alleged that the APC lacked the political support to challenge Governor Adeleke in elections, leading them to seek power through undemocratic means
Referencing recent incidents where APC members attempted to enforce non-existent court judgments to reinstate their local government officials, Alimi claimed the actions nearly plunged the state into chaos.
