The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State has advised the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to stop referring to the Osun State chapter of APC as the aggressor in the lingering political impasse in the state.

This comes as Osun APC alleged that attacks by hoodlums from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, across the state have claimed the lives of ten people.

DAILY POST had reported that Governor Makinde was in the state on Sunday to witness the swearing-in of local government council chairmen and their deputies by his Osun State counterpart.
During the event, Governor Makinde advised Osun APC to avoid a repeat of history and not turn the state into a ‘Wild Wild West’.

He also urged the state APC not to resort to self-help but to approach the courts to settle the matter.

Also speaking at the event, Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke directed the newly sworn-in council officials not to report at the council secretariats to prevent bloody clashes.

In a statement signed by the Osun APC Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi, the party described Governor Makinde’s advice as unnecessary, arguing that all available developments indicated that the Oyo State Governor was merely trying to please his fellow governor from the same party.

The statement read: “If we may ask, where was Governor Makinde when his political soulmate in the erstwhile State of the Virtuous used the sanctity of the Osun State Government House to incite members of his party to go all out and attack our members and chieftains?

“Where was Governor Makinde when the political hoodlums of his party shot and killed the newly reinstated chairman of our party in Ikire, Hon. Remi Abass, Irewole Local Government Council Area, apparently emboldened by the earlier incitement of Governor Adeleke?

“Where was Governor Makinde when thugs loyal to the PDP killed one person in Irojo, Ilesa, Osun State, during the illegal and shambolic local government council election purportedly held by his brother on Saturday?”



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