Kazeem Badmus
THE Deputy Director-General of Adeleke Campaign Council in the just concluded governorship election in the state of Osun, Barr. Kolapo Alimi, yesterday, said the result of the election has shown that the governor of the state, Adegboyega Oyetola is surrounded by paperweight politicians.
According to Alimi, the said politicians had been operating under former governor Rauf Aregbesola’s political influence during his tenure.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with OSUN DEFENDER, Alimi said he was not surprised that Oyetola lost the election, saying Osun people, especially those at the strongholds of the APC were only voting for the party because of Aregbesola.
Alimi noted that the consequences of castigating Aregbesola and relying on politicians who only care about ‘what they will eat’ is already staring Oyetola in the face.
He said: “I’m not surprised that Oyetola lost the election. I knew in my mind that there is no amount of effort that Governor Oyetola could put into his re-election that will materialised because his policies are so negative.
“Instead of appreciating his former leader and benefactor, he was castigating Aregbesola and the people of Osun are bewildered at his behaviour. People in Osun are saying ‘this is the person you served for eight years’. How could you have served somebody and have a policy focus of destroying the person’s legacy?
“So, I knew he will lose from moral and performance perspectives. The performance of Oyetola was below average. He used lies to cover up and the people are wise. He has lost and I believe many people will learn from this.
“Most of the politicians around him (Oyetola) are over-rating themselves. These people are paper weight politicians who used to hide under Aregbesola but instead of appreciating him, they were busy castigating him. They removed the canopy on themselves and the truth has prevailed now.
“Both Osogbo and Olorunda local governments were won by the PDP. That shows to the world that the people in those local government have been voting for APC, and not because of Ajibola Basiru.
“People in Osogbo love Aregbesola and not any other person. Osogbo people rejected APC this time around because of the way Oyetola and his people treated Aregbesola. Anybody who is a political follower of events in Osun would have known that Osogbo people will not vote for Oyetola with the way he was castigating Aregbesola.
“The consequences of Oyetola’s actions is what he is witnessing today. From the time the APC campaign council was set up, they left out Aregbesola who is the only man that knows the terrain of politics in Osun, I knew they have dug their own grave”.
