Osun gov tussle: Adeleke’s classmates back him

Members of the 1976/’81 set of Muslim Grammar School, Ede, (now Muslim High School 1, Ede), Osun State, yesterday, confirmed that the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), candidate in the 2018 governorship election in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke was a member of the set and also sat for the West African School Certificate Examination(WASCE), and finished with them.

The PDP candidate is having a series of running battles with the law courts over his eligibility to contest the governorship election.

However, his classmates at a press conference in Ede, yesterday, disclosed that Adeleke was not only their classmate but had also served meritoriously as President of the school’s Old Boys Association for four years.

The classmates present at the briefing included Ademola Oyelakin, Mukaila Olapade, Mukaila Ayola, Dauda Okanlawon, Bolaji Adebayo and Ajibola Nureni.

Spokesperson of the set, Dr. Olapade Mukaila noted that “all the attempts by some people spitting out hatefulness in their bile to run down Senator Ademola Adeleke is only an attempt to try God’s will and an effort in futility.”

The statement read in part: “Our 1976/’81 set sat for the final West Africa School Certificate Examination and we had our names, including Senator Ademola Adeleke’s recorded in its ledger as presented by  an assistant registrar of the body (WAEC) when he was called upon by an FCT court, Abuja.

“What further proofs are Senator Ademola Adeleke’s antagonists looking for to confirm his attendance and participation in the 1981 WASCE with the rest of us?

“Senator Ademola Adeleke’s five-year tenure at the Muslim Grammar School together with us were years we shall proudly refer to as years well spent in our formative years. We, of the 1976/1981 set of which Senator Ademola Adeleke was a part could, with all sense of responsibility and patriotic zeal, affirm that the distinguished Senator gave a good account of himself as our classmate.

“We stand tall behind the distinguished senator as one of our own in the 1976/’81 set of Muslim Grammar School Ede (as it was then). No amount of intimidation and mean measures by Senator Ademola Adeleke’s detractors will ever remove that fact of our togetherness at Muslim Grammar School, Ede.

“We are resolute that Ademola Adeleke belongs to our set and no force on earth can make us to deny him as some unscrupulous people want us to do.

“Our good friend, Ademola Adeleke, should fear not, for we, who are with him are more than they who are unjustifiably against him.

“We take joy to state unequivocally that he was a focused individual with a clear vision for the good of his fellow students during our time at the Muslim Grammar School, Ede.”