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The family of the late Afenifere leader and first civilian governor of Ondo State, late Chief Adekunle Ajasin yesterday cautioned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to henceforth stop using their fathers name to campaign against progressives.
The Ajasin family also said that they had forgiven the APC Presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari over the arrest of the former governor by his government in 1984.
The spokesman of Ajasin family, Chief Tokunbo Ajasin who spoke to journalists in a telephone interview in Akure yesterday reiterated that his father had forgiven Buhari before his death.
Tokunbo therefore cautioned politicians, particularly those seeking for elective positions to base their campaigns on issue and stop using his father’s name to campaign against the progressives which he (Ajasin) belonged to when he was alive.
Chief Tokunbo said Buhari’s government did not jail his father as being speculated but only invited him for interrogation as required by military tradition and policies then.
He said there was no any judicial pronouncement or ruling under Buhari’s government where his father was sentenced to prison or indicted
“It will be totally wrong for anybody to say that Gen. Buhari jailed my father. No that is not correct. It was true that my father was detained under Gen. Buhari’s military regime along with other former governors in Nigeria and two panels of enquiry were consequently set-up to look into the allegations against my father and others, but the panels found my father innocent and exonerated him as well”
“What Buhari did then was part of military policies and tradition. Though many Nigerians were not happy with that but my father had since forgiven Buhari before his demise. Let me also tell you that as far as the issue is concerned, the family of Ajasin had forgiven Buhari as well. Because as Christians we should learn and exhibit the spirit of forgiveness always. The bible says father forgive us as we forgive those who offend us.
Chief Tokunbo said he met Buhari at a function sometime ago where the duo happily embraced each other, indicating that all was well.
To further confirm that the Ajasin family had forgiven the APC presidential candidate, Chief Tokunbo Ajasin said himself and his sister, Mrs. Jumoke Anifowose were part of the crowd that received Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and his vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo at the Akure airport during his presidential campaign rally in ondo State .
In his reaction, the Ondo State Coordinator of Buhari/Osinbajo presidential campaign, Engr. Ife Oyedele accused the PDP of unduly capitalizing on the Buhari/Ajasin saga to score cheap political points.
Engr. Oyedele said APC as a progressive party should be more concerned about the welfare of Ajasin’s family than the PDP that is antagonistic of the interest of Yoruba race.
“You cannot cry more than the bereaved. We are happy that the Ajasin family has come to clear the air on this issue”. Oyedele said
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