A political action group in Osun
State, Omoluabi United, has called on Africa’s richest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote
to stay away from the partisan fray in the state as it gears for the election
of a new governor, reports ITREALMS.
Omoluabi United in a press statement made available to ITREALMS, called on Dangote to eschew the word on social
media and a YouTube message that he would
deploy his wealth in support of the PDP candidate Ademola Adeleke.
In
an open letter, the Omoluabii United said the people of Osun State shared
similar values with Alhaji Dangote. These are “Common values like Truthfulness,
Selflessness, Integrity, Modesty, Assiduity, and Industry”.
They
stated, “Given our shared preference for stellar values, we are horrified to
hear in the news making the rounds in our state that a charlatan boasts of how he
would deploy your money to buy the electorate of Osun. True to his character,
he brags not of his own money but to utilise the funds
Alhaji Dangote earned from customers in Osun State and others in Nigeria from
his enterprise and apply it to unwholesome ends.”
The
statement added: “Your wealth is yours to deploy as you deem fit. We assume,
however, that you would always cherish positive associations and not negative
ones. We urge you to exalt the values that you love,
and that best describes you in the politics of Osun State.”
Omoluabi
United then pleaded: “Please do not elevate
the wrong values, by association, in
Osun State. Do not do to Osun State what
you would not wish on Kano State or any progressive geographical space in
Nigeria. Or on any of the companies under the Dangote Group.
“You
would not hire to run any part of Dangote Group a character without the necessary school certificate, a waffler, a
fellow with no record of any personal attainment in any of life’s undertakings.”
Spokesman
of Omoluabi United, Opeyemi Ige, said the message to Aliko Dangote is a plea
born out of the need to avoid a significant error in the State.
Ayo Midele/GEE
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