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Ademola Adeleke, governor-elect of Osun, has accused Gboyega Oyetola, the outgoing governor, of not working with his transition committee.

Adeleke said Oyetola’s attitude is worse than that of Donald Trump, former US president, who reluctantly handed over to Joe Biden in 2020.

Adeleke was reacting to a statement credited to Kola Olabisi, spokesperson to Gboyega Famoodun, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun.

Olabisi had reportedly said Muyiwa Oladimeji, chairman of Adeleke’s transition committee, lacks the right to ask Oyetola to make ready his handlover note.

But in a statement issued by Olawale Rasheed, his spokesperson, Adeleke accused Oyetola of refusing to concede defeat.

“We first want to take liberty to list five reasons why the outgoing Governor is every inch a Trumpist and even likely worst as noted by Dr Muyiwa Oladimeji, an accomplished professional and Chairman of Ademola Adeleke Transition Committee,” the statement reads.

“The sycophantic piece seeking crumbs and last minute compensation was laced with outright falsehood especially by claiming Trump never sought judicial redress on his election denying foray.

“A quick search would have educated the writer to know that Trump and his allies filed more than 20 court actions to stop the will of American people from prevailing.

“It follows, therefore, that the major premise of APC’s questioning of erudite Dr Oladimeji’s unveiling of Nigeria’s Trump is groundless.

“Any sitting leader who propounded the ‘I won’t quit advocacy’ as done by Governor Oyetola on the final day of his campaign for re-election is a worst Trumpist.

“We must point out further that when the July 16th results were out in public attested and authenticated as valid, the Governor was still claiming a win.

“At a time his party members were already accepting electoral loss as traceable to several factors, the Governor was holding fast to his ‘tangible’ agenda exactly like a Trump who is still delusional and think he was rigged out.

“Any leader who electorally failed by all standards, whose loss was acknowledged by his leaders but who remains adamant and intransigent is beyond a Trump. As he opposes democracy, his garb may become that of Italian Benito Mussolini.”

“Pressing the matter further, Trump in pursuance of his ‘election denier’ launched out to manufacture fake votes and alibi to remain in power. In fact, the search for votes was desperately pursued but for the democratic alertness of the mandate holder, Senator Ademola Adeleke.

“We must elaborate further by calling attention to the attempted mutilation of American governance structures when Trump discovered the political end has come.

“The many appointments and approvals centring even on national security that he gave few days to quitting office bear the hallmark of every step, action and deed of Governor Oyetola. The Governor looks every inch like a good student of Mr Trump. If that behaviour is not Trumpist, is it that of Brazilian Jair Bolsonaro?

“And the last of the points why the Iragbiji politician is a Trumpist is his attitude to the setting up of the Transition Committee. Trump not only refused to set up a transition committee but barred appointed officials from relating with the Biden team.

“What has Governor Oyetola done? Worst than Trump’s conduct is happening as elaborate plans are being executed to ground the state after November 27.”