The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday chided Governor Ademola Adeleke for visiting former state governor and ex-national chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande, saying his bid to crave a soft landing regarding the prevailing logjam on the reinstated council chairmen and councillors in the state will fail.

The party contended that Adeleke’s pilgrimage to Akande’s residence in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, cannot bail him out of the mess occasioned by the crisis rocking the leadership of local councils in the state.

A statement by the APC’s director of media and information, Kola Olabisi, said, “We want to impress it on Governor Adeleke and his co-travelers that Pa Akande is a democrat, and no amount of under-the-table arrangement would make the former governor of the state work against the interest of his party.

The statement read, “Does Governor Adeleke want Pa Akande to be praising him for being instrumental in the killing of the chieftain and members of his party?

“We want to believe that there are knowledgeable political lieutenants of Governor Adeleke who should guide him aright that the proper place for him to go, if at all he has any case for redress after the Akure verdict of the 10th of February, 2025, is the Supreme Court.

“It does not add up that a governor whose directive resulted in the killings of our members and others across the state could think he could fool the people again through the back door.

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“The walkabout of Governor Adeleke and his acolytes to Pa Akande pointed to the fact that they have lost the game irredeemably. If we may ask, why is Governor Adeleke afraid of approaching the Supreme Court for redress if, indeed, he is convinced that he has a genuine case?

“We find it difficult to find a rationale where a robber would be pleading with the owner of an item to allow him to steal his property. It is a mirage that will never come to reality. Our golden advice to the troubled Governor Adeleke is that he should partner with the reinstated council chairmen and councillors to ensure the dividend of democracy cuts across the length and breadth of the state,” the statement concluded.