ACN governors: Aregbesola’s persecution unjust

[TheNation]

  Aregbesola   Governors of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)- controlled states have condemned the “unjust persecution” of Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola, by the Peoples Democatic Party (PDP).

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, on behalf of his ACN governor – colleagues, issued a statement in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, saying the PDP chose to demonise Aregbesola in a bid to cripple his administration and foment a crisis in Osun State and the Southwest.

Fayemi, according to his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olayinka Oyebode, said ACN governors were concerned about the highly orchestrated campaign of calumny mounted by the opposition against Aregbesola.

He said: “The smear campaign, which started as a market place rumour, has now assumed a dangerous dimension, especially with the dubious attempt to equate some actions of the state governor to secession plan.

“We have watched this melodrama with some measure of amusement, especially the desperation of the opposition, led by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to demonise Governor Aregbesola, who by all intent and purpose, had contributed positively to the emergence of the civil rule that we all enjoy in the country today.”

Saying that an injury to one is an injury to all, Fayemi said the other ACN governors could no longer afford to keep quiet and watch the PDP turn Osun State and the Southwest into a crisis zone.

Fayemi added that Aregbesola is entitled to his administrative style, and could choose not to be friendly with those he regarded as enemies of the culture of decency for which the Yoruba are known.

The statement added that



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