Omisore, PDP not Morally Qualified to Criticise Me, Says Aregbesola

The Governor of Osun state, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has said that the former Deputy Governor of the state, Senator Iyiola Omisore, and his People's Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the moral and political integrity to fault his government's achievements.

The governor said that the legacies that he was leaving behind in the state surpassed those of previous administrations in the state.

Aregbesola made the statement while addressing a gathering during a New Year party organised by the leadership of Yoruba Patriots Movement (YPM) in Ila-Orangun, Ila Local Government Area of the state.

He said the state under his watch had in the last seven years witnessed tremendous turnarounds, compared to what he met on ground on assumption of office seven years ago.

The Governor, responding to a statement credited to Senator Iyiola Omisore that his administration has failed the people of the state, stated that Osun was almost run aground when Omisore and the PDP government were in power.

Aregbesola berated Omisore for being unabashed in spite of the obvious gross incompetence of his party that left Osun in a deplorable condition, saying it was unfortunate that a questionable personality like him could still go ahead to fault a government that had revived the already comatose system.

He challenged Omisore and other PDP loyalists to tell the whole world the achievement recorded when they were in government in the state.

Aregbesola expressed displeasure at what he described as 'incompetency and bad governance' the seven and a half years of PDP administration in the state, saying Osun would have turned to a state of pride among the comity of states if not backwardly governed by the PDP.

The governor also described the seven and a half years of the PDP rule in the state as a 'complete waste', noting that Osun would have collapsed if not being rescued by God through him.

He described the circumstances of his emergence as 'necessity', saying he came to government at a time the people of the state not only needed drastic change but also good governance.

Aregbesola called on members of the opposition parties, particularly those castigating his government unjustly, to come to the public and defend what PDP achieved while in government.