The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, has challenged the governorship aspirants of the party, Abayomi Hunye and Ambassador Folake Marcus-Bello, to prove allegations of his Ekiti State origin within the next 24 hours or face the law.
Recall that the duo of Hunye and Marcus-Bello, at different times during interviews on a national television station, insisted that Adeola lied about his state of origin, saying his claim of Ogun State was nothing but a blatant lie.
The gubernatorial hopeful, in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Chief Kayode Odunaro, threatened to institute legal action against them if they failed to prove their claims.
He said, “I watched in utter disbelief as these characters that I hardly know utter assertive and outrageous lies about my origin without any proof. One falsely claimed on TV that I am from Ekiti and when asked where exactly in Ekiti went moronically blank and could not provide an answer.
“The other one was lying about the locations of the graves of my parents as if she was part of the undertakers at the burial all in a futile effort to justify an unsustainable falsehood. Enough is enough. They should produce their evidence in 24 hours or be ready for my lawsuits,” the senator stated.
It will be recalled that the rumour of the Senator’s alleged Ekiti State origin was initially used as a propaganda tool to prevent his emergence as Senator representing Ogun West senatorial district, but the gimmick failed to prevent the people of the district from voting massively for him at the 2023 National Assembly elections.
Senator Adeola said the resurrection of the falsehood is in pursuit of his seemingly unstoppable move towards a victorious outing in the 2027 governorship race in Ogun State.
