Adeleke Never Wanted to Contest Osun Gubernatorial Election- Brother

Mr. Deji Adeleke, the founder of Adeleke University and elder brother to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 2018 gubernatorial election in Osun state, Ademola Adeleke, has said his brother never wanted  to contest the election but was prevailed upon by the PDP to contest after promises and assurances were made by the party which he said were never kept. 

Deji in statement issued in Osogbo on Thursday urged members of the party in the state to quit blame games and be proud of the performance of the party in the election he said was won by his brother save for what he described as daylight robbery by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The statement read, “I am not a card-carrying member of any political party but I am a sympathiser/supporter of the PDP in Osun State. Osun State PDP will be better off and well prepared for the next general election in the state, if internal democracy is encouraged and enforced.

“All elective positions, including the position of governor of the state, should be open to all members of the party to contest in a transparent primary election. Everyone must be given a sense of belonging, in order to grow the party in Osun State.

“The PDP members that are trading blame within the party should be reminded that the PDP won the governorship election held on September 22, 2018, but was not allowed to take office by the powers that be in the ruling party. Members should be proud that the electorate sided with the party against the ruling party in that election and not blame each other for the daylight robbery that deprived the party of the mandate freely given by the good people of Osun State, which has brought shame and disgrace to Nigeria as a country.”

“As for the Adeleke family, of which I am one, we will like to remind all the PDP members that Senator Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke had no intention to contest the governorship election in the first place, but was invited and prevailed upon by the party leadership and party elders to contest the governorship election, which he and his family accepted most reluctantly after receiving assurances and promises that were never kept.

“Everything that followed after this, is now history. Senator Adeleke should, therefore, be given a break, to take his well-deserved rest and decide what he will do/not do when the time comes.

“Contributions to an election fund should always be considered a grant, to help deepen our democracy and advance the rule of law, which eventually translates into Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), economic growth and job creation.”