JUST IN: Osun: We Went To The Government House And The Governor Right Away Fired The Salvos -Onaiyekan

Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has revealed that Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke told the National Peace Committee he would have skipped the pre-election peace accord signing entirely if not for his respect for the clerics who came to facilitate it.

Speaking on Arise TV, Onaiyekan said, “As we landed in Osogbo, we went straight to the government house to pay our respects, a courtesy call to the governor. And the governor right away fired the salvos. He told us very bluntly, ‘I would not have gone for that charade of the signing of a peace accord if it was not because of the great respect I have for you people in the National Peace Committee. Because you came for it, I will be there,” Onaiyekan recalled.

He noted that the governor went on to accuse the ruling APC of actively interfering with his party’s ability to operate freely in the state, describing the situation as one that threatened their very survival ahead of the election.

He disclosed how when the governor was invited to give closing remarks, he produced five pages of pointed and detailed claims of how the accord party has suffered political intimidation for the past couple of months.