Ooni Admonishes Osun Governor-Elect

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has congratulated the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the just concluded gubernatorial election in Osun State, Ademola Adeleke on his victory at the poll.

The monarch urged the governor-elect to “carry everybody on board as a people’s leader who has no time for any vendetta that will make him lose focus on his plans for the state and who will not patronise the sycophantic behaviours of hypocrites who may want to selfishly misadvise him pretending to be his best loyalists.”

Ooni Admonishes Osun Governor-ElectIn a statement by his Director of Media & Public Affairs, Mr Moses Olafare, the traditional ruler described the election result as a confirmation of Adeleke’s grassroots popularity in the state which he must reward with good governance driven by rule of law, fear of God and selfless service to the people.

He said: “Senator Ademola Adeleke has been around for some time and his eventual victory is an opportunity for him to execute his election promises as much as possible.” 

“Mr Governor-Elect is from a noble family and a strong political dynasty in the state who must avoid being misled by hypocrisy and sycophancy of some arrogant political lieutenants who may want to instigate him against merely perceived political enemies both in his party and in the opposition parties. Vendetta is capable of derailing a leader.”

The monarch who is the Permanent Chairman, Osun State Council of Obas and Co-chairman, National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria (NCTRN), equally lauded the state governor, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola for his peace loving character with which he comported himself before, during and after the election.

Oba Ogunwusi also praised the Osun electorate who went out on Saturday peacefully with their usual virtuous ‘Omoluwabi’ decorum and voted for their different preferred candidates without setting the state on fire which would have posed serious challenges to be managed by security agencies and traditional rulers.

He commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for what he described as a job well done.

Adenitan Akinola