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General News of Wednesday, 9 August 2023

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'It was good but not spectacular' - APC reacts to support by Osun PDP senators at Oyetola’s ministerial screening

Former Governor Oyetola at his screening Former Governor Oyetola at his screening

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has reacted to the support given to former Governor Oyetola by three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senators during his ministerial screening.

According to the chairman of the party in the state, Tajudeen Lawal, the support from the PDP Senators was good but not spectacular.

The Osun APC further warned the state governor, Ademola Adeleke and members of the Osun PDP to desist from claiming the political fortunes of former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola depended on their whims and caprices.

Lawal in the statement said the opposition of Governor Adeleke, the Osun PDP, the three senators and PDP members in the state would not have prevented the nomination of Oyetola as minister.

Lawal also maintained that their opposition would not have prevented him from scaling through.

“The state PDP, the governor and his co-travellers were only making a mountain out of a molehill by making a superlative issue out of the so-called Osun State senatorial support whose intention could not have been genuine.

“There wasn’t anything spectacular about the support given to Gboyega Oyetola by the three PDP senators during the screening of the former Osun State governor for ministerial nomination in the Senate, as there is no rule in the Senate that makes such support mandatory as a prerequisite to be screened.

“The opposition of the three PDP Osun senators and Governor Adeleke would not have blocked the chances of Oyetola from becoming a minister.

“The occasion was only tapped as an opportunity for the Osun State PDP senators to join the winning team and as an opportunity for them not to wash their dirty linen in public.

“The support given to the immediate-past Governor Oyetola would not erase from the subconscious of the right-thinking members of the Osun State society how the three PDP senators and all other party’s candidates stepped on the blood of the innocent members and supporters of the APC in Osun State to make their way to the fraudulent electoral victory that they are now parading.”