Urging voters in the state to disregard claims that Tinubu had a meeting with Adeleke where an agreement was purportedly reached, the lawmakers said, “Our attention has been drawn to the lies being peddled by some Accord Party members about President Bola Tinubu’s support for Governor Ademola Adeleke in the next governorship poll.
“We feel it is time to put an end to the lies and stop it’s further spread. The President, Sen Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR), did not at anytime endorse or approve of Gov Adeleke’ candidacy.
“The President never had any political meeting with Governor Adeleke. The only meeting was a sallah homage to the President in Lagos last year by the governor’s family.
“We have had several meetings with the President, and at no time did he ever mention his interest in Governor Adeleke. In fact, the President made it clear that with our (G5) coming on board, he was sure of a landslide victory for Osun APC.”
The group insisted that Adeleke cannot be hibernating in the Accord Party and be deceiving unsuspecting members of the public of having Tinubu’s endorsement, when APC is also having a candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, staking a serious claim in the poll.
“Is it not foolhardy to think that the President will want to trade the last election before his second term election? If there were to be any agreement, why are the media boys of the governor insulting and abusing President Tinubu at every opportunity?” the group queried.
They called on APC members and supporters of the party not to believe the “lies being spread by the agents of the Accord Party,” and charged the Osun people to continue supporting the governorship candidate of the party, Bola Oyebamiji.
The statement further read, “We assure the people of the state of Mr President’s renewed love for Osun. They should be assured that the state will get a better deal from the federal government with Oyebamiji as the governor.
“We also want to assure Mr President that if Osun APC could muster 343,000 votes for him in 2023, we need not say that with our presence in the party, President Tinubu can be sure of a million votes in the 2027 poll.”
The lawmakers who signed the statement include: the Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries, Senator Adenigba Fadahunsi; the Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment, Senator Olubiyi Fadeyi; the Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Oluwole Oke; the Chairman, House Committee on NASENI, Bimbo Ajilesoro; and the Chairman, House Committee on Nigeria–Thailand Parliamentary Friendship Group, Sanya Omirin.
The five lawmakers had dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing crises ravaging the party.