Ajasin, Adefarati families disown Oke, say patriarchs not political prostitutes

The families of the late civilian Governors of Ondo State – Chief Adekunle Ajasin and Ade Adefarati – have disowned the claim by the gubernatorial candidate of the Alliance for Democracy, Chief Olusola Oke, that they had endorsed his gubernatorial ambition.
Reacting to Oke’s claim in a statement signed by the late Adefarati’s son, Gboyega Adefarati, the scions of the two political giants cautioned Oke against dropping the names of their patriarchs, stressing that the AD’s governorship candidate and their fathers had nothing in common in political orientation and moral principle.
The statement said: “We take exception to Oke’s claim in political jingles on radio and television and his misleading political campaigns that his political philosophy represented our fathers’ political identities, including claiming that our late fathers’ families had endorsed him as the governorship candidate of Ondo State.
“This is clearly a fraud. Nobody in the families of the late leaders ever endorsed Oke because the AD’s candidate has nothing in common with our fathers.
“Ajasin and Adefarati never flirted with the ruling party before they became governors of the Sunshine State; all they did was to remain in their political camps to realise their ambitions without jumping around for fortunes like Oke is now doing by running away from PDP after the party lost the presidential election in 2015.
“Our fathers also did not have any criminal records as Oke is being alleged by his people that he diverted NDDC’s N155m to his private pocket after allegedly using a non-existent community called Ubaeripato to allegedly fund non-existent projects to fleece the people of the Niger Delta of the money meant for their communities development.
“It is on this note that we warn Oke to stop dropping the names of our fathers because he has nothing in common with our noble fathers and the families will never under any circumstance endorse Oke for any leadership position in the state because of his moral burden and political records.”
Describing Oke’s claim that he had a dream that the three former governors endorsed his candidacy as “a nightmarish political pressure to con Ondo State people”, the statement added that Oke’s claim was a fraud taken too far, warning that the families would resist the AD’s candidate “to soil the names of their fathers on the alter of political expediency”.
The statement also noted: “Oke’s claim is nothing but hagiography as these three families will never endorse any desperate politician who jumps from one party to the other just to contest election.
“Oke is only a political demagogue who is out to deceive the unsuspecting voters just to get to power at all costs.
“Otherwise, how can Oke claim that he has been endorsed by Ajasin and Adefarati political families when the scions of these families are firmly rooted in APC?
“Tokunbo and Jumoke Ajasin are APC leaders in Ondo State from Owo division of the state while Gboyega Adefarati is a symbol of the APC solidarity in Akoko area of the northern Ondo State and we wonder where Oke is getting the support of these leaders who will never betray their party for greener pastures that has become Oke’s pastime.”
The statement advised Oke to sell his programmes to the electorate instead of dropping the names of the legends who stood for politics of integrity, consistency and development, which Oke’s antecedents are diametrically opposed to.
The statement added: “It is ironic however that the same Olusola Oke who was part of the conspiracy to rig my father out of office, is now clamming to be his political son.”
The statement enjoined voters to “beware of political shenanigans with sugar-coated mouths who are only out to deceive them”, adding that nothing would change the support of the three families for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the November 26 governorship election, Rotimi Akeredolu.