The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo kingdom and the kingdom authorities on Monday, traded phrases over the refusal of the country authorities to furnish the use of Government Field Ore for the defection of instantaneous previous Commissioner for Water Resources, Mrs Yetunde Adeyanju, to PDP.
While the PDP alleged the nation authorities of using protection operatives to disperse supporters of Adeyanju and the birthday party leaders at the defection ground, the kingdom authorities described the allegation as a fruitless strive to blackmail the country governor.
Adeyanju, the Coordinator for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for President in the state, on Monday led about 3500 contributors of the APC to PDP at the celebration Secretariat in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area after the birthday party was once denied the use of the Government Field.
Adeyanju who resigned her appointment as Commissioner after she used to be moved from Water Resources to Regional and Urban Planning ministry left the APC with her supporters in Ore, in the Odigbo neighborhood authorities vicinity of the state.
Speaking on the controversy over the venue, she defined that the venue for formal statement was once denied after she had paid the integral charges to the coffer of the country government.
She alleged that she wrote letters to all the safety companies solely for the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Ore Division to disperse her supporters and birthday party leaders from the Government Field in the town.
She alternatively said she would now not be deterred as the usa would now not proceed beneath the rudderless authorities of APC each at the kingdom and federal levels.
In its reaction, the PDP via the Publicity Secretary, Kennedy Peretei condemned in robust phrases the directive of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to deny PDP the use of Government Field Ore to get hold of Adeyanju into the PDP.
Peretei in his declaration stated “As preparations have been on pinnacle equipment for the event, the Area Commander arrived to disperse leaders and birthday celebration supporters as directed from above.
“There is no doubt, Akeredolu is jittery that his party, APC, having carried out very woefully will be disgraced at the 2023 universal elections. This degree of high-handedness and abuse of public workplace will no longer high-handedness his birthday party from failure.
“Our celebration advises Mr Governor now not to enable his fears about failure to becloud his reasoning, as this will eat him. Government Field, Ore does now not belong to him however the human beings of Ondo State.”
But the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor,
Richard Olatunde stated “In clear terms, Governor Akeredolu is aware of nothing about the alleged refusal of the use of the field.
“The Governor doesn’t run the neighborhood authorities councils for the govt chairmen. Governor Akeredolu is one governor that has the utmost recognize for the nearby council tier of government”
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Olatunde disclosed that “reports from the Local Government Chairman published that the PDP didn’t inform the council of their intention to use the venue today.
“It is most illogical for the PDP to increase the false alarm even when it is conscious that it has failed to comply with due procedure on the use of the venue.
“This failed blackmail is every other calculated strive via the PDP to are seeking for undue attention. Governor Akeredolu is busy with the commercial enterprise of authorities and will now not be distracted with the aid of the attention-seeking gimmick of the PDP.
“The fruitless strive to blackmail Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, by means of the PDP is a ignored goal.”
However, Adeyanju who decamped from the APC to PDP at a grand ceremony at the PDP Secretariat in Ore, stated she can no longer fake that all is nicely with the APC.
Adeyanju stated “The APC has added so a great deal suffering to the humans that, everybody with sympathy for human beings should exit the party”
She was once obtained into the PDP by way of the State Chairman of the party, Hon. Fatai Adams is supported by using the governorship candidate of PDP in Ogun State, Hon. Ladi Adeputu, Deputy Gov-Elect of Osun State Hon. Kola Adewusi and Dr. Eddy Olafeso.
