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Deji Adeleke, the billionaire elder of Osun State Govermo-elect, Demola Adeleke has told the latter that he would be the one to lead the opposition against him if his government derails
Deji Adeleke, who is the founder of Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State made this remark during the eighth convocation ceremony of the University held on the campus of the institution,.
According to him, the Nigeria is also battling with the problem of having the best followership apart from leadership issue.
He told the Governor-elect that since hie ks not giving returns to any godfather, he shouldn’t assemble a solid team that would make him perform well.
He said, “I told the governor-elect (Senator Ademola Adeleke) and his colleagues. I said you are lucky because you don’t have any godfather to refund any money to, so, whatever people contributed to your election is a sacrifice for a better Nigeria, for a better state.
“So, you and your colleagues are not under any pressure. The only thing you need to do out there is to go and serve the people. And I threatened them that I would be the first to call a press conference if I see things going wrong with his government.
“I will be the first to alert the world that your governor is derailing and I have told him and his team not to allow anyone that is not ready to serve; anyone that his focus is to come and look for money, to steal from the poor people, into the team.”
He added that Ademola would have lost the July 16 poll after 45 members of the National Youth Service Corps refused to be at their assigned polling units.
“Meanwhile, people were waiting to vote but materials, result sheets and the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System machine were taken to somewhere else, until a director started calling to make sure that those people reported to where they were supposed to, otherwise my brother wouldn’t have been the governor-elect today.
“And those who allowed themselves to be used were the NYSC; young people. It’s not commissioners in the Independent National Electoral Commission. People blame INEC, forgetting that the young ones that have been entrusted with this responsibility are the ones wrecking their own future,” Adeleke concluded.
