Osun state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has debunked the claims going around on social media that he is plotting to subvert the judgement of the death sentence on Dr Rahman Adedoyin.
The governor who described the claims as a ruse in a statement by his Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed in Osogbo said, ”There is no plan to pardon the proprietor of the Oduduwa University over the killing of Timothy Adegoke at Hilton hotel room in Ile-Ife.”
According to him, “Governor Adeleke has not and will never contemplate exercising the prerogative of mercy or whatever the report calls it, on a matter under adjudication which has generated deep interest among local and global communities”.
“Those who concorted the fake news are evil minded political operatives who are merely grasping at straws in their desperation to blackmail the state Governor.”
He remarked further that his administration has never and will never intervene in the judicial process, labeling those behind the fake news as public enemies.
“It is important to clarify that neither the State Governor nor his political party has any hidden plot on the said murder case other than a public interest agenda to see culprits in the dastardly act face the full wrath of the law. “
“That explains why no PDP member is involved as counsel for any of the convicted individuals and why the state judiciary enjoys and exercises its full independence in the hearing and judgement of the case.”
“It is uncharitable for political enemies and their paid agents to attempt any linkage between the convicted businessman and the state Governor. We affirm with all sense of responsibility that Governor Adeleke is not at any material time a friend or partner of the owner of Oduduwa University and did not interfere, intervene or manifest any untoward agenda in the arraignment, hearing and sentencing of the accused”.
“We therefore urged the members of the public to ignore the repeated rumors of state pardon by Governor Adeleke for the convict and the watery push to link service records of a state judicial official to a popular verdict on the gruesome murder of a postgraduate student. Those peddling such lies are agents of darkness acting on behalf of disgruntled, dark political elements. They are better ignored.
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“We convey appreciation to men and women of goodwill who have put up spirited defense for the Governor in the face of this orchestrated falsehood. The undiluted truth is that neither the State government nor the state Governor is interested in the subversion of the wheel of justice, ” he concluded.
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