A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Deputy Minority Leader of the Senate, Olalere Oyewumi, has disclosed that the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, is in support of the ministerial nomination of his predecessor, Governor Gboyega Oyetola.
Oyewumi, representing Osun West Senatorial District in the made the revelation on Friday when former Governor Oyetola, an All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart, appeared before the Senate for ministerial screening.
After Oyetola’s introductory comments on the floor of the Senate, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, yielded the floor to the lawmaker representing Osun East Senatorial District, Francis Fadahunsi. Fadahunsi, also a member of the PDP like Oyewumi, spoke highly of Oyetola, saying he is the best man for the job.
Oyewumi subsequently took to the floor, revealing that himself and two other lawmakers in the Senate caucus from Osun met the incumbent governor on Thursday, and he gave his support for Oyetola.
“In Osun State, the three of us representing Osun State in this hallowed chamber have met with the Executive Governor of Osun State yesterday (Thursday), Senator Ademola Adeleke and I’m speaking on his behalf, that we should give our total support for the nominee standing before you, Mr. Gboyega Isiaka Oyetola, as the next minister from Osun State. We believe in him.
“Osun State is a state yearning for development, and we believe this can come from anybody, and he is one of our leaders… If all of us work together, Osun State will be better. So, I am speaking on his (Adeleke’s) behalf and on behalf of the other two senators from Osun State that we have no objection to his (Oyetola’s) nomination, and we believe that he is going to perform”, the lawmaker said.
In his comments, the Senate president, Akpabio, said the development where PDP Senators support an APC man is good for democracy and asked Oyetola to take a bow to the Senate.
Oyetola is one of the nine former governors who made President Bola Tinubu’s 48-man ministerial list.
Oyetola was governor of O sun between November 2018 and November 2022. The APC candidate sought re-election on July 16, 2022, governorship poll but was trounced by PDP’s Adeleke.
