POLITICS:PDP Insist APC Disregards Tradition And Culture Despite Osinbajo’s Return

The Ekiti state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has insisted that the All Progressives Congress, APC doesn’t have regard for tradition and culture of the people they want to govern.

This is coming on the heels of Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo’s return to the state to pay homage to its traditional ruler, Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Rufus Adejugbe after PDP rebuked the APC for not visiting the monarch’s palace in the course of their merger campaign on Tuesday.

The PDP’s reaction came through The Kolapo Olusola Campaign Organisation, KOCO, with a statement issued by its director of media and publicity, Lere Olayinka; stressed that Osinbajo’s return said it amounts to medicine after death and a total unacceptable.

“It is insulting for the APC and Fayemi to have disrespected our Obas openly yesterday, and now come back to secretly apologise to them today,” “We are also surprised that the vice president could allow Fayemi to dissuade him from paying homage to the traditional rulers.

“Most importantly, it is unexplainable for the vice president to have wasted public fund to come to Ado Ekiti twice within 24 hours just because Fayemi never regarded Obas in the State as worthy of being paid homage to.” Lere Olayinka, the spokesman for the PDP campaign organisation said.

Recall that Osinbajo returned to the state on Wednesday and went straight to the palace of the Ewi, in company of Dr. Kayode Fayemi, APC Governor candidate, Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, deputy governorship candidate, Bisi Egbeyemi, as well as senior party leaders and campaign officials.

While at the palace, Osinbajo apologized to the monarch for not visiting earlier, saying that it was due to an assignment he had in Abuja.