Osun Guber: Oyetola Receives Certificate Of Return
The Osun state governor-elect, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola has promised to make the welfare of the people of Osun who gave him the mandate to lead them his priority just as he promised to run an inclusive government.
Oyetola gave the assurance on Wednesday shortly after he was presented with the Certificate of Return as the governor-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Having polled 255,505, to defeat his major contestant in the PDP, Senator Ademola Adeleke, who scored 255,023 in the election, Oyetola of the APC was declared winner by the Returning Officer, Professor Joseph Adeola Fuwape.
National Commissioner in charge of Oyo, Ekiti and Osun states, Prince Adedeji Soyebi, presented Oyetola along his Deputy Mr Benedict Alabi Certificates of Return at a ceremony held at state INEC office in Osogbo.
Speaking after he was presented with the certificate, Oyetola said the people of Osun will continue to enjoy the benefit of good governance in the state.
Oyetola who vowed to justify the confidence reposed in him by the people of the state said he would run all inclusive and participatory government.
His words: “I want to assure the people of the state that I will serve to the best of my ability and I will run all inclusive and participatory government. “
“I will always consult majority of true stakeholders in the implementation of the policies and programmes that would have positive effect on the lives of the people of the state. “
“I will run people’s friendly government. The focus of my administration will be the welfare of the people of the state. We are going to work together to ensure that we justify the confidence people reposed in me.”
The governor-elect commended the electoral body for doing what he described as an “excellent job” in conducting the governorship poll.
Contrary to the claim of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oyetola maintained that the election which returned him as winner was “seamless, free, fair, credible and violence-free.”
The governor-elect noted that INEC should be commended for conducting a credible election in the state.
He also commended the security agencies for providing security back-up which gave the electorate confidence to come out and exercise their franchise.
Commending Governor Rauf Aregbesola for giving him the opportunity to serve under his administration, Oyetola also appreciated Aregbesola for preparing him for the task ahead.
“It is important to point that the successful outcome of the Osun state governorship election would not have been possible without the cooperation of the electorate who came out in their large number to vote for the candidate of their choice.”
“This is a vindication of our repeated declaration in the run up to the election that only the people of Osun state with their PVC will decide the winner of the election and not INEC.”
“Just like the first round of the governorship election on 22nd September 2018, the supplementary election substantially met global best practices in conduct of the election as adjudged by the vast majority of the stakeholders especially many party leaders in Osun state
Agbaje who said he remained neutral throughout the process, stressed “if at the end of litigation at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, the commission is found culpable for not discharging its responsibility faithfully and diligently, i will take full responsibility for any such laxity, publicly apologize to all Nigerians and thereafter resign my appointment with the commission.
“It should be put on record that after carrying out a thorough investigation of all the allegations of intimidation of voters suspected to belong to a particular party, violence, arrest of Journalists and observers raised by some groups, the office discovered that all the allegations were not absolutely correct, especially as those arrested by the police with fake observer tags are still being investigated.
“Other issues raised by the US, UK and EU and the domestic observer groups would be closely studied by the commission for further appropriate action.
