Post-Election Reconciliation: Adeleke Welcomes Oyebamiji’s Call For Peace

Governor Ademola Adeleke has commended the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Bola Oyebamiji over his call for peace in Osun state after his visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The governor described the  APC candidate’s call for peace as “a positive tone after weeks of heated campaign and election season.”

Adeleke, who met with President Tinubu on Thursday added that the peace advocacy is a good development for the Osun people considering the  traumatic experience and violence they endured in the last two months ahead of the August 15 election.

While noting the call for restraints by all political parties, the governor reviewed the pre-election climate of fear and conflict and indicated that his team has never subscribed to violence as a weapon of political campaign even when under severe pressure in the countdown to the elections.

The governor who recounted the pain he passed through to restrain his supporters from retaliating against attacks said Accord lost 15 members with 20 injured and scores in police detention.

A statement by the spokesperson to the State Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, quoted him as saying, “I am forever a man of peace. It is heartwarming that my brother, Oyebamiji, is also preaching peace. I assure him that my supporters have not and will not attack APC members.

“Elections have come and gone and we are all winners. The common task for us all is to sustain delivery of democratic dividends and good governance to the good people of Osun state. 

“I welcome Mr Gboyega Oyetola, Bola Oyebamiji and other opposition leaders to join hands with me to take Osun to greater heights. We are all important stakeholders in this Osun project, ” Governor Adeleke was quoted as saying.

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