BY TIMOTHY AGBOR, OSOGBO
The Osun State Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has described today’s court ruling as “a clarion call for reunion in brotherhood for collective victory in July.”
He called on all aggrieved leaders of the party in the state and particularly, Prince Dotun Babayemi, who lost in the suit he instituted against him at the Federal High Court, Osogbo, the Independent National Electoral Commission and the PDP to bury their hatchets in order to dislodge the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state.
In a statement he personally signed and issued on Wednesday, Senator Adeleke said “the ruling on the protracted legal battles among brothers in PDP presents all party stakeholders with a unique opportunity to join hands to electorally defeat the All Progressives Congress.”
“Today marks the continuation of local, zonal and national efforts to bring together all leaders of our great party in Osun. Few days ago, I met my brother, Dotun Babayemi and other leaders of the party. The process of peace building was strengthened on that day. And today presents a conclusive opportunity for us to bury the hatchet and raise the common flag of the party.
“I call on our leaders across the caucuses to recommit to the peace process. As for me and the entire Imole Team, we are ever ready to restore old alliances and build new ones to ensure the return to power of our great party in July.
“Let me restate as I have always noted that we are not enemies. We are brothers and we must re-establish the bond of brotherhood as we prepare to battle our common enemy, the APC,” Adeleke stated.
It would be recalled that the Federal High Court in Osogbo on Wednesday ruled that Adeleke is the duly recognised gubernatorial candidate of the PDP in the forthcoming poll.
Justice Nathaniel Ayo Emmanuel, the judge who presided over the matter held that Babayemi did not participate in the PDP primary election.
Justice Emmanuel, who held that the court could not pick candidates for any political party, also added that it was an internal party issue and therefore dismissed it.
