Osun State Government, yesterday, chided the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ajibola Basiru, for calling on President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in the state, describing such development as callous and self-centered.

Basiru had lauded Tinubu for declaring a state of emergency in Rivers State on Tuesday to resolve the lingering political logjam in the state, urging the President to extend same treatment to Osun over Governor Ademola Adeleke’s resolve to prevent the recently court-reinstated council chairmen on the platform of APC from performing their duties.

But reacting to the APC national scribe’s call for the declaration of state of emergency in Osun State, the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, in a statement, said the incumbent administration “views this call as callous, self-centered and unlawful, going by the fact that there’s a world of difference between the current political development in Rivers and Osun.”

He advised Basiru and the APC not to throw the peace and tranquility being currently enjoyed in Osun to turmoil, all in an attempt to take the reigns of governance through the backdoor.

The statement reads: “It must, however, be emphasised that not only Basiru alone holds this obnoxious impression but the entire APC cohorts and their members/followers in Osun State, who on a daily basis, are scheming for one mischievous device or the other to come through the backdoor to take the reigns of governance in the state.

“But by the grace of God and with the support of the people of Osun State, all the evil machinations against the current government of Adeleke will not see the light of the day.

“Furthermore, we call on the President to see through the antics of people like Ajibola Basiru, a rejected and frustrated politician and his already rejected APC apologists in Osun, by rejecting the wicked and baseless call for the declaration of the state of emergency in Osun.

“For any political observer in Osun State, it’s very clear that Osun APC lacks the popularity, political acceptance and sagacity to face and defeat Ademola Adeleke in any election, hence their resort to all forms of antics to get to power through the back door.

“One of such antics was their failed attempt to cause mayhem in the state through enforcement of non-existence Court of Appeal judgment to reinstate their Yes/No chairmen and councillors. With that enforcement of non-existent judgment, they almost put Osun into a state of anarchy.”