Ondo State Deputy Governor, Olaide Adelami, says he isn’t a sworn enemy of the late state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu.
Adelami gave the clarifications within the context of a report allegedly sponsored by a faction throughout the Ondo State All Progressives Congress, APC, caucus on the inexperienced chamber of the Nationwide Meeting, the Home of Representatives.
Adelami alleged that a few of the aforesaid aggrieved representatives wrote a letter to President Bola Tinubu claiming that Governor Fortunate Aiyedatiwa had made a number of choices indicating his animosity in direction of the late Akeredolu, whereas labelling Adelami as a sworn enemy of the late Akeredolu.
The deputy governor in an announcement signed by his spokesperson, John Paul Akinduro, issued the reply, highlighting how he supplied the late governor with monetary, political, and non secular assist through the electioneering campaigns that resulted in his first and second phrases in workplace.
Adelami described the alleged petition that the aggrieved “honourables” had despatched to Tinubu as a contrived and malicious assertion that’s not solely solely false but additionally malicious.
In line with the assertion, “The repeated fallacy that His Excellency, Governor Fortunate Aiyedatiwa hobnobs with Late Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s sworn enemies is changing into excessively irksome and prattle.
“Ordinarily, we might have ignored this utter hokum however it’s crucial to set the report straight for the studying viewers, particularly seeing a latest publication by some part of the media, the place what seems like a splinter group of the Ondo state All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus within the Home of Representatives, purportedly wrote a letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, alleging that the brand new Deputy Governor of Ondo state, His Excellency, Chief Olayide Adelami, mni, was a sworn enemy of Late Governor Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN, CON.
“For the avoidance of doubt, this concocted and malicious assertion isn’t solely unfaithful in its entirety however a mischief by these ‘honourables’.
“Chief Adelami was by no means an enemy of the late governor nor some other political participant in Ondo state or elsewhere. The Deputy Governor is an honest politician and philantropist with verifiable observe data.
“It’s instructive to notice that Chief Adelami has at all times been a robust member of the APC and staunch supporter and reliable ally of late Governor Akeredolu for eons.
“Worthy of point out is the truth that the deputy governor gave ethical, political and monetary assist to the late governor through the electioneering campaigns, resulting in his first and second phrases in workplace and, subsequently rendered similar assist all by means of his tenure as governor of Ondo state.
“It is usually outstanding that after shedding the governorship primaries to late Arakunrin Akeredolu, SAN in 2020, Chief Adelami joined the marketing campaign prepare and walked alongside with the late governor as he moved around the 18 Native Authorities Areas of Ondo state. Clearly, this can’t be the identical Adelami and Akeredolu the deceptive assertion described as ‘they didn’t see eye to eye’
“On report, was the donation of 5,000 copies of the APC structure to the get together, branding of Face caps and T-shirts with the inscription ‘Adelami Assist Group for Aketi’, amongst many different gadgets, which have been obtained by the get together chieftains, led by the State Chairman, Engr Ade Adetimehin, to assist the re-election marketing campaign of the late governor in 2020.”
