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Osogbo APC Leaders Demand Probe Into Alleged Assassination Attempt on Ataoja

  …Say Monarch's Claim Exposes Adeleke's Gross Incompetence, Loss Of Security Control Of Osun The leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osogbo, Osun State capital, on Sunday demanded probe into the alleged assassination attempt on the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji. The party leaders noted that the Ataoja's assassination claim has further exposed Governor Ademola Adeleke's gross incompetence, ineptitude and total loss of the control of the state security. They called on security agencies to beam their searchlight and investigate the alleged assassination attempt on the monarch as part of efforts to unraveling the circumstances surrounding the monarch’s claim. The party specifically urged the National Security Adviser (NSA), the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and other relevant security agencies to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter. The APC ...
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Oluwole Oke’s Defection: A Brave Stand in a Time of Political Cowardice




In a landscape increasingly defined by silence and self-interest, Hon. Oluwole Oke’s defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is not a betrayal, it is a declaration. A declaration that the politics of complicity will no longer be dignified with loyalty.


For those who have followed his trajectory, Oke’s decision came not as a shock but as a culmination. After decades of tireless advocacy within the PDP, his defection is less about shifting allegiances and more about reclaiming a voice in a party that no longer listens. Particularly in Osun State, where the PDP's Senate caucus has opted for inertia while the party fractures beneath them, Oke’s move sounds an alarm the others were too timid to ring.


The PDP in Osun has become a masterclass in political cowardice. Faced with crises that demand moral clarity and action, factionalism, impunity, the erosion of internal democracy, the Senate caucus has consistently defaulted to silence. While their constituents groan under the weight of neglect, they choose the comfort of the gallery over the battlefield of reform.


But not Oluwole Oke.
He chose to act.

His defection is a form of protest, a political whistleblow. It is a rejection of the culture of rot and a reaffirmation of the duty to serve the people above party machinery. In doing so, Oke affirms a deeper truth: that loyalty to principles must outweigh loyalty to a crumbling hierarchy.


Predictably, cynics will brand his move as opportunistic. But such cynicism falters against the backdrop of Oke’s enduring track record, a record marked by legislation that matters, representation that resonates, and service rooted in grassroots realities. If anything, his consistency lends moral weight to his departure.


The Osun PDP should see this not just as the loss of a high-profile figure, but as a symptom of a larger rot. The people are not blind. They see the silences, the betrayals dressed as unity, the timidity sold as strategy. And increasingly, they are demanding more.

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