CLO Warns Akeredolu Over Amodeni’s Appoinment

The Ondo State Chapter of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO),the premier and most active Civil Society Organisation (CSO) in Nigeria,  in- collaboration with the entire Civil Rights Organisations in Ondo State, under the aegis of Coalition of Credible Civil Society Organisation (CCCSO), have vowed to use all available means to convinced Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to drop Prince Solagbade Amodeni and others with unscrupulous characters lobbying for political office in the state from being appointed.

The CLO and CCCSO in a joint letter sent to Gov.Akeredolu entitled “Beware of Politicians with Questionable Characters” advised that men like Amodeni who have a history of dishonourable and ignominious past should not be allowed to hold office.

This same letters which copies were also massively distributed to various arms of security agents in the country including the Police and the Offices of the Directorate of Security Services,DSS,the Nigerian Police Special Anti Fruad Units as well as some notable Anti-Corruptions Campaign Organisations.

CLO also claimed that the copies of the petition have equally been sent to the Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly [ODHA],the All Progressive Congress, APC National Chairman, Nigerian Union Of Journalists [NUJ],Coalition of Community Newspapers Publishers [CCNP],Anti-Corruption Bloggers / Social Media Activists [ACBSMA],Oodua Peoples Congress [OPC],Nigerian Labour Congress,NLC and the National Associations of Nigerian Students.

The two Human Right Groups warned Akeredolu that he should not mess up the confidence the masses reposed on him by voting him into office through the appointment of unscrupulous politicians

They reminded Akeredolu that “it more worrisome, it will be amount to an act of disservice to humanity for a government that ride to power on the threshold of Transparency, Accountability, Change and Equity, to appoint politicians with questionable characters who had failed different Litmus Tests carried out on them when in public offices to be paraded in our corridors of power, again”.

The group said they have done their independent in-depth appraisal on some frontline political figures aspiring for different Executive Positions who had in the past betrayed public trust

Inside the letter, The group cited some top APC Leaders whom they claimed must not be trusted with public offices for their inglorious pasts.

The stated in the letter that “It is also expedient to make the following revelations on a frontline APC Leader from Akoko South East Local Government, Amodeni as one of those who should not be appointed to hold public office”

The noted that why they are narrowing our searchlight on Amodeni is not far-fetched from the truth that, his activities in recent times at his domain if not checked will be inimical or, erodes on that credibility and goodwill currently being enjoyed by the Akeredolu’s administration in the state.

“It is a known fact that Amodeni is known to be an incredible political figure with questionable past as a politician that always left different offices with taunted image.

They challenged Akeredolu that if he doubt their position to get some credible party leaders to go and visit his domain for a Perception Auditing on Amodeni and other politicians that it is then he will have a clear understanding of Amodeni character.

Among the several allegation the group levelled against Amodeni in their letter that still remained unclear which disqualified him from holding political office was sent to various media houses, the state house of assembly and many social media platforms.

The first one is that he is an irresponsible father whose two sons were jailed and in-prisoned over various robbery cases and that Amodeni duped Contractors while serving as Local Government Chairman of AKSE LGA Council with phony projects.

They also mentioned that Amodeni was under financial mismanagement investigation while serving as a Commissioner of Forestry and Natural Resources under Governor Olusegun Mimiko between 2009 and 2011.

They also mentioned that Amodeni left a tales of woes, pains, writhe, and agonies when he betrayed Late Pa. Governor Adebayo Adefarati’s government and that he sow seeds of discord in AKSE LGA which has remained intractable constraint in the Council.

“The return of Amodeni to government with the Labour Party [LP] in 2009 was a very tortuous moment for Gov.Mimiko as he had to lobby and prevailed on the Ondo State House of Assembly to clear him with just a “Provisional Clearance”  that was very sketchy and  platonic when all the other 17 Appointees were cleared in one swoop”.

“And up till date, the circumstances that led to his rejection and expulsion from LP were yet to be cleared as his stewardship at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry were allegation of corruption which leveled against him”.

The prodemocracy groups hinted that since the handwriting is clearly seeing on the APC wall in state that if care is not taken Amodeni may be making a very BIG return to government which may spell doom for both party and the governor

The Ondo State CLO Chapter concluded by advising Akeredolu that a stitch in time, will saves nine by immediately intervene through the setting up a high-profile investigation on the critical matter that borders on endemic corrupt and immorality of some political leaders of APC in the state.