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<\/p>\nGov Abiodun \u2018cast the first stone\u2019 when news broke out that Akinlade would be approaching the Supreme Court to seek justice following the dismissal of his petition by the election petition tribunal and the Appeal Court.<\/p>\n
Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, Abiodun said \u201cit is surprising that the Akinlade camp has refused to accept the position of God, the people and the judiciary at different independent levels.\u201d<\/p>\n
The governor said his ever-ready team of lawyer would meet the \u201cdisgruntled remnants\u201d of APM at the highest court of the land, expressing optimism that \u201cthe people\u2019s verdict shall be conclusively established.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Akinlade wasted no time in firing a salvo, telling Somorin that \u201chis failed attempt to paint a picture of segmented Allied Peoples Movement (APM) shows clearly that he is ill-equipped in the act of propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement signed by his party\u2019s Publicity Secretary, Olumide Balogun, the former lawmaker said \u201cMr. Kunle Solarin\u2019s ignorance of the workings of political power is clear when he wrongfully suggested that the Tribunal and Appeal court judgements were evident of their victory at the polls. If he ever communicates with his principal, which I doubt, he will know that both judicial pronouncements had the biblical \u2018Esau\u2019s hand\u2019.<\/p>\n
Somorin\u2019s statement read:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not surprising that the Akinlade camp of the Allied Peoples\u2019 Movement (APM) has approached the Supreme Court on the same March 9 governorship election that Prince Dapo Abiodun massively won at the polls, validated by the tribunal and upheld by the Appeal court.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is rather surprising is that the Akinlade camp has refused to accept the position of God, the people and the judiciary at different independent levels.<\/p>\n
\u201cMuch as it is their democratic right to test people\u2019s will, we are however confident that as they have met no victory during the two earlier constitutional procedures, they will equally record none in the highest court of the land.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur confidence is premised on the fact that all competent courts, while performing their duties in this regard, are guided by the constitution, the electoral act and the rule of law.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe mandate, which the people voluntarily gave to Prince Dapo Abiodun will be reaffirmed, and the Governor, who is unbothered by these shenanigans, will continue to ensure that dividends of democracy are delivered to the people for the next four years.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe thank the people of Ogun State for their support, all the other political parties for their solidarity and patriotism and we promised that we shall remain focussed, bear true allegiance to the constitution and stick to the mandate to develop the State and bring individual prosperity to the people.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur ever-ready team of lawyers will meet the disgruntled remnants of APM at the highest court of the land and God willing, the people\u2019s verdict shall be conclusively established.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read Olumide Balogun\u2019s reply:
\n\u201cThe statement credited to kunle Solarin the Chief Press secretary (CPS) to governor Dapo Abiodun smears of ignorance and shallowness. His failed attempt to paint a picture of segmented Allied Peoples Movement (APM) shows clearly that he is ill-equipped in the act of propaganda.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomorin was quoted as saying that they will meet the \u201cdisgruntled remnants of APM at the Apex court\u201d. The fact remains that, the APM is the most stable and biggest support group in Ogun State today. What he fails to realise is that majority of our supporters are APC, PDP, SDP, LP etc card carrying members.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat binds APM together is not money or greed like the insignificant APC faction he speaks for in Ogun State, rather our support base is solidly grounded on the ideology of sustainability and development of our dear State which Hon. Adekunle Abdulkabir Akinlade stands for.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Kunle Solarin\u2019s ignorance of the workings of political power is clear when he wrongfully suggested that the Tribunal and Appeal court judgements were evident of their victory at the polls. If he ever communicates with his principal, which I doubt, he will know that both judicial pronouncements had the biblical Esau\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone should inform Mr. Kunle Solarin that APM support base is driven by very deep conviction that goes beyond court rulings. It is a MOVEMENT spurred by the desire for justice and honor. All students of political history know that a people so motivated are formidable by all standards.<\/p>\n
\u201cHon. Adekunle Abdulkabir Akinlade\u2019s aspiration was never an happenstance, but a carefully structured ambition that hinges on the people. The same people have decided to test the strength of their case at the Supreme court. It is not about Triple A, but about the good people of Ogun State.<\/p>\n
\u201cKunle Solarin should reserve his child-like wits until after the Supreme court ruling and ponder on this for now, \u201ccould Dapo Abiodun have come this far if he had been dealt the same fate at the Oct. 2nd Primary, March 9th Election, Sept 14th Tribunal and Nov 11th Appeal? At APM, we remain unperturbed.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Governor Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and his closest rival in the March 9 governorship election in Ogun State, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) are engaged in war of wards over the legal tussle that followed the election. Gov Abiodun \u2018cast the first stone\u2019 when news broke out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":168534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[2658,9718,8395,391],"class_list":["post-168533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-a","tag-adekunle-akinlade","tag-dapo-abiodun","tag-ogun"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=168533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/168534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=168533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=168533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=168533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}