PDP Kicks as APC Reveals Where Ailing Governor Akeredolu is Receiving Treatment

• APC national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, has disclosed that the ailing Governor Rotimi Akeredolu is incapacitated
• Adamu, while addressing states' chairmen of APC, disclosed that the governor is currently receiving treatments overseas
• But the PDP kicked, saying that the spokespersons of the governor have kept the people of the state in darkness and allowed the APC chairman to carry out their jobs

FCT, Abuja - Abdullahi Adamu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, has said the ailing Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo State, is currently incapacitated.

The APC national chairman made the revelation at a meeting between the state's chapters' chairmen and the party's national leadership, Daily Trust reported.

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While addressing the state's chairman, the former senator disclosed that Governor Akeredolu is incapacitated and receiving treatment overseas.

His statement reads in part:

“We regret to announce the extreme incapacity of the Governor of Ondo state, who we understand has been hospitalised overseas. We wish and pray for him for a speedy recovery.”

But the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faulted the comment by Adamu, adding that the governor's spokespersons were not doing their job.

The spokesperson of the PDP in the state, Kennedy Peretei, said:

“Even if Akeredolu is ‘extremely incapacitated’, is it Senator Abdullahi that should announce it to the world?"

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Meanwhile, the embattled APC national chairman's comment is coming at a time when the ailing Governor Akeredolu wrote to the state House of Assembly to request an indefinite extension of his medical leave.

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Please remember that Adekereolu, the chairman of the Southwest Governors' Forum, handed over to his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, in June.

After being in and out of the hospital earlier, the governor promised to resume work this week but extended his medical leave indefinitely.

However, the governor and the APC have yet to clarify the nature of his sickness, and his absence has changed the permutation of the party ahead of the 2023 governorship election in the state.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu has added two fresh appointees to the list of appointments he had made barely two months after taking the oath of office.

Jubril Gawat, the former aide to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, disclosed that President Tinubu appointed Olusegun Dada as special assistant on social media.

Bashir Ahmed, the former aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, also disclosed that President Tinubu appointed Abdulaziz Abdulaziz as the special assistant on print media.

Source: Legit.ng