Stop Patronizing Tinubu and face Vote-buying allegations, Ogun APC to Adebutu
Ogun state APC has asked the state PDP governorship candidate in the 2023 polls, Honorable Ladi Adebutu to stop patronizing President Tinubu, and focus on the vote-buying charges leveled against him.
The state APC spokesman, Tunde Oladunjoye said patronizing Tinubu would not shield the PDP candidate from prosecution.
Adebutu while addressing supporters during the state PDP end of the year party in Abeokuta on Saturday, had said that opposition party members in the state are all Tinubu political children.
The PDP candidate asked the state APC to stop dropping the name of Tinubu to intimidate opposition parties’ members in the state.
But Oladunjoye in a rejoinder on Monday alleged that Adebutu had been evading been served with court papers, and asked him to answer charges filed against him, instead of patronizing Tinubu.
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The attorney general of federation last June had filed charges of vote-buying and money laundering against Adebutu, shortly after the 2023 polls.
Oladunjoye told Adebutu that Tinubu as a genuine pro-democracy activist who paid enormous sacrifice for today’s democracy, would not shield anyone from criminal charges.
However, opposition politician described the charges as an abuse of court processes, contending that he was denied a fair hearing before the charges were filed.
The APC, in its statement on Monday, reiterated its call for Adebutu to make himself available for the service of court papers, saying patronising Tinubu would not shield him from prosecution.
The APC said, “Tinubu will never support criminality and attempts to destroy the democratic process in the country. He will not condone people who subvert the democratic process through vote-buying. He should wait patiently for his day in court rather than trying to patronise Tinubu. He should count Tinubu out of his predicament.
President Tinubu is, no doubt, the father of the nation, just like Prince Dapo Abiodun is the father of Ogun State. Mr. President needs no reminders on that. As a genuine pro-democracy activist who paid enormous sacrifices for the democracy we now enjoy, President Tinubu will never provide cover for criminality by anyone, no matter how rich or solicitous. Our dear President will never stand in the way of the law.
