No plans to grant state pardon to Adedoyin - Gov Adeleke

Osun state governor, Sen. Ademola Adeleke has denied rumors on social media that it is planning to subvert the judgment of death sentence on Dr Rahman Adedoyin, affirming that there is no plan to pardon the owner of Hilton Hotel.

Reacting to the growing rumour of possible state pardon for the businessman, Spokesperson to Gov Adeleke, Mallam Olawale Rasheed in a statement quoted Adeleke as noting that his administration has never and will never intervene in the judicial process, labelling those behind the fake news as public enemies.

“Those who contracted the news are evil minded political operatives who are merely grasping at straws in their desperation to blackmail the state governor.

“Governor Adeleke has not and will never contemplate exercising the prerogative of mercy or whatever the report calls it, on a matter under adjudication which has generated deep interest among local and global communities.”

“It is important to clarify that neither the state governor nor his political party has any hidden plot on the said murder case other than a public interest agenda to see culprits in the dastardly act face the full wrath of the law.”

That explains why no PDP member is involved as counsel for any of the convicted individuals and why the state judiciary enjoys and exercise its full independence in the hearing and judgement of the case.

“It is uncharitable for political enemies and their paid agents to attempt any linkage between the convicted businessman and the state governor.”

“We affirm with all sense of responsibility that Governor Adeleke is not at any material time a friend or partner of the owner of Oduduwa University and did not interfere, intervene or manifest any untoward agenda in the arraignment, hearing and sentencing of the accused.

“We therefore urged the members of the public to ignore the repeated rumors of state pardon by Governor Adeleke for the convict and the watery push to link service records of a state judicial official to a popular verdict on the gruesome murder of a post-graduate student.

Those peddling such lies are agents of darkness acting on behalf of disgruntled, dark political elements. They are better ignored” the statement added.