APC Berates Osun Assembly For Linking REC Transfer To Oyetola
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has slammed the State House of Assembly over its comment that the redeployment of Dr Mutiu Agboke, the Osun Resident Electoral Commissioner, to Ondo State has political undertones.
The party urged the assembly to focus on its primary responsibility of lawmaking and desist from getting involved in the internal matters of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
This was contained in a statement signed by the party’s spokesperson, Kola Olabisi, in Osogbo on Friday.
OSUN DEFENDER reports that the Assembly, while addressing journalists through the Speaker, Mr Wale Egbedun, accused the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, of being behind some routine operations carried out by INEC in the state.
But the APC in its statement, slammed the lawmakers, describing the allegations against Oyetola as “unsubstantiated and frivolous,” noting that the transfer of staff and other related duties are statutory internal activities of the INEC leadership.
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“Such transfer of INEC staff to another state should ideally not engender any furore, as it would not be the first time such is being carried out by INEC, and it could not have been effected outside the purview of the electoral laws regulating the activities of the electoral umpire.
“It is disgusting that the Accord Party, which is scheming for Governor Adeleke’s re-election, could disgracefully resort to shedding crocodile tears, having become aware of its dwindling popularity in recent times, when the local governments under the leadership of the APC are getting genuinely ready to bring real governance to the doorstep of the masses, compared with window-dressing street road repairs as proof of billions of naira received as allocations,” the statement read.
The opposition party insisted that the state lawmakers were merely laying the foundation for the “imminent loss of their governorship candidate” by accusing Oyetola, adding that, “the unsubstantiated allegation by the Osun State House of Assembly members led by Egbedun, that the leader of our party, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, is responsible for the posting of INEC staff out of the state, is baseless, frivolous, fabricated and cannot be supported by empirical evidence, as it is an elementary principle of law that whoever alleges must prove.”
Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.
