A socio-political group within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State of Osun has come out into the open to debunk a new material that has gone viral on the social media on a purported directive from the state Governor Rauf Aregbesola advising the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Moshood Olalekan Adeoti, to put in his resignation letter if indeed he was interested in contesting the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state.
The rebuttal was contained in a statement issued and signed by the State Coordinator of Osun New Era Group (ONE-G), Mr Jamiu Raheem and made available to newsmen on Saturday in Osogbo, the state capital.
According to the group, the rebuttal has become necessary in view of the interest shown in the news material by supporters and members of the party in the state.
"Our response to the falsehood raised in the contents of the news material has become necessary in view of the interest generated by the supporters of our principal, Alhaji Moshood Olalekan Adeoti, being a front-runner in the race for who succeeds Governor Rauf Aregbesola at the end of his tenure come November 27, 2018.
" The news material, from all intent and purpose was the handiwork of some faceless individuals who are bent on sowing a seed of discord between our principal and Governor Aregbesola," the group stressed.
The ONE-G Coordinator in the state therefore admonished all party faithful and Alhaji Adeoti's loyalists to disregard the news material and go about their normal businesses.
"We want to admonish Alhaji Adeoti's supporters to disregard the malicious news item and go about their individual daily businesses," Raheem reiterated.
The group further maintained that no amount of such malicious publication can successfully scuttle Alhaji Adeoti's ambition to talk less of putting a spanner in the works of the existing good relationship existing between Alhaji Adeoti and Governor Aregbesola.