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THE PLOT
AGAINST OGUN STATE: FINALLY THE
TRUTH IS BEGINNING TO EMERGE
Not a few
people have become confounded about
the seemingly intractable political
crisis in Ogun State especially
since the emergence of Hon Tunji
Egbetokun as the Speaker of the Ogun
State House of Assembly. Hon
Egbetokun is the leader of the G15
of lawmakers of which Hon. Wale
Alausa is a key member.
The chicken
came home to roost a few days ago
when a national daily, the National
Compass published the picture of
Hon. Alausa indicating that it was
taken at a shrine in Ijebu Igbo
while a blood oath was being
administered on the member of the
House of Assembly.
As the State
and the nation awaited a denial or
confirmation of the publication,
what has emerged from Hon. Alausa
are series of lies, outright
falsehood and brazen
inconsistencies.
The litany of
inconsistencies
1. Within hours
of the story’s publication the
first reaction of Alausa was done
through proxies who maintained in
posting on the Internet that the
picture was fake and the face of the
Hon. Alausa was superimposed on a
naked body.
2. However in
his own reaction as reported in
PM News (the paper that has
become the mouthpiece of the G15) of
Monday 29 June 2009, Hon. Alausa was
quoted by the paper to have
maintained that the pictures were
genuine. He however claimed that
they were taken in 2007 inside
Governor Daniel’s Sagamu home and
its environs when he was forced to
take an oath before he could get
the PDP ticket to the State House of
Assembly
3. On the same
day the story changed when he spoke
to the Punch which was reported on
Tuesday June 30, 2009. Hon. Alausa
told Punch that “the oath was
taken in a shrine in Ijebu Ode”.
He said further that the oath was
done shortly after the 2007
primaries.
4. However
on the same day when he spoke to the
Tribune he said “the photograph
was taken in Daniel’s toilet and
bathroom on the Day Titi Oseni was
impeached. And since the impeachment
was done on May 15, 2008, it means
that Hon. Alausa is claiming a new
date for the macabre blood oath
taking.
5 . The
embattled lawmaker added a new
dimension in the slant he gave to
the Sun where he attempted to
implicate the revered Awujale and
Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland , Oba
Sikiru Adetona and other traditional
rulers claiming they were all
involved in the oath taking process.
5. At a news
conference on Tuesday June 30, 2009,
at a location in Lagos he further
claimed that all local Government
Chairmen and other political
functionaries also took the secret
oath.
OUR POSITION
1.
It is
common knowledge that at the time
Mrs. Titi Oseni was removed the
Governor was out of the country and
the time he saw the Awujale of
Ijebuland was on the 16th
of May at a reception for a former
President of the country in Sagamu.
It is also noteworthy that the
Awujale of Ijebuland and the
biological father of Hon Alausa,
Chief Agboola Alausa have
publicly denounced the claim of the
lawmaker describing him as a
pathological liar.
2.
It has
also been established by a scrutiny
of the records of the House that
Hon. Alausa was indeed present at
the sitting of May 15 2008 and
actually took part in the
impeachment proceedings, contrary to
his claim that he was not in the
House on that day.
The question
for discerning minds is why have
they now vowed to destroy the man
who ostensibly administered the oath
on them. Interestingly the G15
members had said at various fora and
television interviews that they
never took any secret oath.
Again the
Chairman of ALGON John Obafemi has
on behalf of the other chairmen
disclaimed the lawmaker's allegation
that all Local Government Council
chairmen took any oath.
From the
foregoing, it is clear that given
the level of outright falsehood and
inconsistencies of Hon. Alausa and
his co-travelers, the people of Ogun
State and Nigerians at large can now
decipher the truth and appreciate
what our State has gone through in
the last 12 months - lies of the
vilest kind told by dishonourable
people who are supposed to be
honourable members of the House.
For the
avoidance of doubt Governor Gbenga
Daniel has never and will never
administer secret oath on anybody
and will not get involved in any
sordid acts that will bring
our State into disrepute
Kayode Samuel
Hon. Commissioner for Information &
Orientation,
Ogun State
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