In reaction, the Director of Media of Osun PDP, Oladele Olabamiji, dismissed the allegations made by Basiru, saying that neither the party nor Adeleke would ever engage in such an act.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Ajibola Basiru, has distanced himself from a Facebook account which made a post celebrating the victory of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja had in a unanimous judgment on an appeal filed by Adeleke declared him as the winner of the governorship poll.
However, Basiru (APC, Osun Central) in a statement on Thursday, accused the PDP and Adeleke administration of being behind the post.
He said, “My attention was called to a Facebook account under the name Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru with my pictures wherein a post stated thus: ‘Buga judgment has been finally laid to rest!!! Alhamdulilah’.
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“The said Facebook account is obviously part of the mischievous handiwork of the rudderless Peoples Democratic Party government of Jackson Adeleke in Osun State, seeking to validate the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which was the result of their appeal against the judgment of the tribunal nullifying the purported election of their party in the July 2022 general(sic) election.
“It seems that there is desperation by the PDP to seek dubious validation of the said judgment of the Court of Appeal stemming from apparent fear that the judgment may not stand the test of review by the Supreme Court.”
In reaction, the Director of Media of Osun PDP, Oladele Olabamiji, dismissed the allegations made by Basiru, saying that neither the party nor Adeleke would ever engage in such an act.