Civil Societies’ Coalition for Emancipation of Osun
State, CSCEO is organizing an impeachment rally against
Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s impeachment and they
say they have the support of the Osun State
indigenes.
According to the group at a press briefing held in Osogbo yesterday, over 20 civil and faith based
societies who are members of CSCEO are already
mobilising their members towards the mass rally. The
group’s Chairman, Comrade Adeniyi Sulaiman Alimi,
gave the names of association ready for the rally as
The Voices, KIMPACT, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice, Grassroot Democratic Network, Christian
Initiative for Nation Building, Christian Leadership
Mobilisation and Better Future Initiative.
Alimi explained that over three petitions including the
one sent by a state serving judge, Justice Folaranmi
Oloyede, calling for Aregbesola’s probe and impeachment are presently before members of the
state House of Assembly and the Economic and
Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). Meanwhile, APC is blaming the Peoples Democratic
Party, Senator Iyiola Omisore and his party responsible
for any breach of the peace in the state.
The party, in a statement by the Directorate of
Publicity, Research and Strategy yesterday said it was
aware of plans by a group of profiteers who were being sponsored by Omisore and his party to unleash
violence on the state, using the issue of workers’
salaries as camouflage. Specifically we must alert the whole world to a
threat issued by Omisore on June 14 this year at
the secretariat of the PDP in Osogbo where he
promised members of his party that he was
prepared to make this state ungovernable for
Governor Rauf Aregesola. We are therefore certain that the crisis being
orchestrated in the state is to get what the
people of Osun denied him through a democratic
process on August 9, 2014. This was his
resolution after the Supreme Court decision
which finally sealed his ambition through a pronouncement on May 27, this year. We are using this medium to inform the public
and the media to be wary of activities of this set
of opportunists who are the real profiteers
behind the undeserved focus on Osun among
the more than 20 states that are currently facing
salary challenges. The APC government under Aregbesola in Osun
has been having very fruitful negotiations with
the labour and we can therefore say without
any contradiction that the labour has no hand in
this proposed protest.’’ The PDP in response said; “PDP observe with disillusion the allegation by
Aregbesola and his paid agents that Otunba
Iyiola Omisore and PDP are sponsoring workers
to protest unpaid salaries.’’ A statement by the PDP spokesperson in Osun
state, Prince Diran Odeyemi added, “It is
unfortunate that the sinking government still be
engaging in buck passing when he should be
busy looking for money to settle unpaid salaries
and allowances of workers. “In the last one week, we have not issued any
statement because we observe workers are
rising to the occasion to fight for their rights. “We are not involved as a party, Omisore is
not involved and will never be party to any act
of lawlessness but we demand from the
governor to explain if he has paid these
workers. “Have they been paid their salaries? If no,
whatever the steps they take inasmuch as such
is within the ambit of the law, nothing can stop
workers from demanding for their rights.Impeachment rally against Gov. Aregbesola to take place today
Civil Societies’ Coalition for Emancipation of Osun
State, CSCEO is organizing an impeachment rally against
Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s impeachment and they
say they have the support of the Osun State
indigenes.
According to the group at a press briefing held in Osogbo yesterday, over 20 civil and faith based
societies who are members of CSCEO are already
mobilising their members towards the mass rally. The
group’s Chairman, Comrade Adeniyi Sulaiman Alimi,
gave the names of association ready for the rally as
The Voices, KIMPACT, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice, Grassroot Democratic Network, Christian
Initiative for Nation Building, Christian Leadership
Mobilisation and Better Future Initiative.
Alimi explained that over three petitions including the
one sent by a state serving judge, Justice Folaranmi
Oloyede, calling for Aregbesola’s probe and impeachment are presently before members of the
state House of Assembly and the Economic and
Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). Meanwhile, APC is blaming the Peoples Democratic
Party, Senator Iyiola Omisore and his party responsible
for any breach of the peace in the state.
The party, in a statement by the Directorate of
Publicity, Research and Strategy yesterday said it was
aware of plans by a group of profiteers who were being sponsored by Omisore and his party to unleash
violence on the state, using the issue of workers’
salaries as camouflage. Specifically we must alert the whole world to a
threat issued by Omisore on June 14 this year at
the secretariat of the PDP in Osogbo where he
promised members of his party that he was
prepared to make this state ungovernable for
Governor Rauf Aregesola. We are therefore certain that the crisis being
orchestrated in the state is to get what the
people of Osun denied him through a democratic
process on August 9, 2014. This was his
resolution after the Supreme Court decision
which finally sealed his ambition through a pronouncement on May 27, this year. We are using this medium to inform the public
and the media to be wary of activities of this set
of opportunists who are the real profiteers
behind the undeserved focus on Osun among
the more than 20 states that are currently facing
salary challenges. The APC government under Aregbesola in Osun
has been having very fruitful negotiations with
the labour and we can therefore say without
any contradiction that the labour has no hand in
this proposed protest.’’ The PDP in response said; “PDP observe with disillusion the allegation by
Aregbesola and his paid agents that Otunba
Iyiola Omisore and PDP are sponsoring workers
to protest unpaid salaries.’’ A statement by the PDP spokesperson in Osun
state, Prince Diran Odeyemi added, “It is
unfortunate that the sinking government still be
engaging in buck passing when he should be
busy looking for money to settle unpaid salaries
and allowances of workers. “In the last one week, we have not issued any
statement because we observe workers are
rising to the occasion to fight for their rights. “We are not involved as a party, Omisore is
not involved and will never be party to any act
of lawlessness but we demand from the
governor to explain if he has paid these
workers. “Have they been paid their salaries? If no,
whatever the steps they take inasmuch as such
is within the ambit of the law, nothing can stop
workers from demanding for their rights.