Ahead of the July 20 governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state, the campaign organisation of one of the aspirants, Olaide Adelami said it has discovered plot to forcefully use the local government chairmen of the party to discredit the membership of Chief Olaide Owolabi Adelami.
The organisation said the membership credibility of its principal is not in doubt and cannot be questioned, except by detractors.
In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, signed by Barrister Segun Ogodo, the campaign organisation called on the national leadership of the APC and the presidency to disregard what is described as a ‘campaign of calumny’ against their principal.
The campaign team insisted that party LG chairmen are being induced to falsely claim that Chief Adelami is not a member of the party.
Ogodo, in the statement said “for record purposes, Chief Olayide Adelami is a registered member of the APC in Igboroko 2 ward 3 where he worked assiduously for the success of all APC candidates in the 2019 general election.
“We hereby call on the leadership of APC, the presidency and all members of our great party to disregard this malicious and fallacious harassment coming from a governor who openly campaigned and worked against APC and the reelection bid of President Muhammadu Buhari.”
“Whereas, Chief Adelami had been at the forefront of promoting party cohesion in Ondo state, a job he started in 2018 when he was appointed state coordinator of the Presidential Support Committee.”
The statement said if there is anyone to be dissociated by the party chairmen, it should not be Chief Adelami, who has contributed much to the growth of APC in Ondo state in particular and in Nigeria in general.
“We reiterate for the umpteenth time that Chief Olayide Adelami is a registered member of the APC, having worked closely with him the governor during his election in 2016 and during presidential election in 2019 and having seen his membership card on several occasions.
“We implore the Inspector General of Police to act on all petitions we have written to his office in preventing Akeredolu from setting Ondo state on fire with his violent acts.
The good people of Ondo State are watching the reluctance of security agents towards Akeredolu’s killers squad with their utmost attention.”
