In the face of seemingly intractable crises in the local government council administration in Osun State, the three senators representing the state have pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to intervene. They also called on royal fathers, elder statesmen and highly respected sons and daughters of the state to join in this appeal.
The Senators are Francis Fadahunsi, Olubiyi Fadeyi and Oyewumi Kamorudeen, all members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The believed that the president’s intervention could be a way out of the crisis.
In their joint statement on Saturday made available to newsmen in Osogbo, the state capital, the federal lawmakers expressed concern that it is the ordinary people residing at the grassroots who are at the receiving end of the crisis, hence the need for presidential intervention.
The trio said, “We are writing to respectfully appeal to you to intervene in the lingering political crises that have been ongoing within the local government administration in Osun State. This situation has created considerable instability, and we deem it important to seek your fatherly consideration.
“We are aware of your concern for the ordinary Nigerian and particularly those at the grassroots, who are most affected by this crisis, which is the reason we seek your urgent and dispassionate intervention.
“While we commend the rulings of the courts, we believe your fatherly role can bring this dispute to a final halt, as we all know that alternative dispute resolution is the new normal.
“Mr. President, we the Senators from Osun State know you to be a democrat, and we plead that you bring your wealth of democratic experience into resolving this political logjam. We want you, as usual, to demonstrate that you are the father of all, irrespective of our political affiliations”.