Stop Blackmailing Tinubu, You Don’t Listen To Advice – Reps Member Oke To Gov Adeleke

In what appears to be a political rebuke, a serving House of Representatives member from Osun State, Hon. Oke, has slammed Governor Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke over the lingering crisis surrounding the annulled local government elections in the state.

Oke, a long-serving federal lawmaker who recently defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), made his views known in a narrative shared via a special media post on Wednesday.

He accused Governor Adeleke of blackmailing key national leaders instead of taking responsibility for what he described as a self-inflicted crisis in the state’s local government system.

“Good morning Sir,” Oke began pointedly. “Please stop blackmailing Mr. President and Commander-in-Chief Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, our Osun APC Leader Asiwaju Gboyega Oyetola, Attorney General Lateef Fagbemi SAN, and the Governor of the Central Bank. It is your government that is inflicting pain on the beneficiaries of local government administration in Osun State by refusing to do the right thing.”

The representative, who said he left the PDP because of Governor Adeleke’s leadership style, accused the governor of failing to heed legal advice following the Court of Appeal judgment reinstating APC-elected council officials.

“I personally spoke with you and advised you on what to do after the judgment that reinstated the elected APC council chairmen, vice chairmen, and councillors. But you ignored me. Only an illiterate lawyer would have advised you otherwise,” Oke said.

He maintained that the window for a legal challenge to the ruling had closed permanently, stating that Governor Adeleke no longer had the option to seek a stay of execution or appeal to the Supreme Court.

“What is left for you to do now is simple,” he said. “Direct the local government civil servants under NULGE to return to work and cooperate with the reinstated APC-elected officials until their tenure ends. OSIEC should immediately issue a notice for a fresh election, to hold within the next 180 days—unless, of course, the reinstated officials choose to demand the completion of their full three-year mandate.”

He further suggested that in the alternative, the Adeleke administration could consider paying the entitlements of the sacked officials in full for the duration of their term.

Oke emphasized that both APC and PDP members are citizens of Osun State and deserving of equal respect and fair governance.

“You owe us all a duty of care, Mr. Governor,” Oke concluded. “I come in peace.”

The statement has added further intensity to Osun’s political atmosphere, with the 2026 gubernatorial election looming large. Adeleke, who is seeking re-election on the platform of the PDP, is under increasing pressure as the APC rallies around unresolved governance issues like the local government council crisis to strengthen its case before the electorate.

With both camps deeply entrenched, the legal and political fallout of the Court of Appeal judgment continues to shape the narrative ahead of what is expected to be one of Osun’s most competitive elections in recent history.