ADC chieftain, BSA, alleges Ogbomoso South of erasing his legacies - 'he didn't get approval,' council boss fires back

ADC chieftain, BSA, alleges Ogbomoso South of erasing his legacies – ‘he didn’t get approval,’ council boss fires back

Yinka ADETUNJI

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A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ogbomoso, Oyo state, who styles himself Booda Sunday Adeyemo, has accused the chairman of Ogbomoso South local government Hon Oyedokun Oyeniyi Timothy of playing politics of bitterness and vendetta.

Booda Sunday Adeyemo fondly called BSA dumped the Peoples Democratic Party PDP few months ago, subsequently defecting to the ADC, a new opposition coalition.

He is however fuming that some community development projects he executed out of public spiritedness bearing his imprimatur are now being upturned through rebranding, positing this amounts to “politics of bitterness.”

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He also alleged the Chief of Staff to Governor Seyi Makinde, Hon. Segun Ogunwuyi, of working in cahoots with the chairman to perpetrate this.

One of such projects is the bus stop at the Arowomole junction newly rebuilt by the philanthropist, which attracted lots of accolades at the time of commissioning. The bus stop bore his logo and brand name – BSA.

However, when ogbomosoinsightonline.com visited the place recently, sequel to the complaint, the structure has been re-painted and rebranded. Also the boreholes resuscitated by the BSA Foundation suffered similar fate.

Meanwhile, in a reaction the council boss, OOT, as he is popularly called, has dismissed the accusation informing Adeyemo embarked on the projects without obtaining the necessary prerequisite approval.

Responding to a question posed to him by ogbomosoinsightonline.com via SMS, he simply stated, “Kindly ask him the approvals he has before renovating government properties and naming it after himself.”

Further question on why the council waited until he defected from the ruling party before it took the action knowing previously the man did not obtain approval, however received no response.

In another development, BSA and his supporters have alleged threats to their lives.

“We are being harassed and threatened because I exercised my right to freedom of political association. Some of my loyalists have received threatening calls. This is not what democracy should look like — no one should be punished for choosing a different political path,” Adeyemo raised an alarm in a statement, while nonetheless stressing he would not be deterred. “No amount of intimidation would deter is from pursuing our vision in the ADC.”