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*Segun Akanni and Gani Adams |
He
said Akanni had, for the past one and a half year remained lonely and down,
thus making desperate efforts to soil the name of his former boss and
benefactor, and finding ways to also tarnish the image of the Oodua
Peoples Congress (OPC).
Adesina,
however, wondered why Akanni had only resorted to propaganda,
blackmailing, and lying against Aare Gani Adams- all in an attempt to seek
asylum in Canada.
"I
have read the stories in the social media and I wondered how he had decided to
toe such ignominious path with uncanny ignominy. In the last few weeks, he has
been trying to seek asylum in Canada through the back door, and one of his
strategies was to go to the media alleging threat to his life."
"There's nothing strange about what Segun Akanni did. Liars, they say,
always have short memories and people can be so dishonourable that they
forget the past so easily. But the truth is, we must remind him that the office of
Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland is so sacred and big for such a featherweight to
put to disrepute. That is why we have decided not to issue any statement on
this, but as a chieftain of the group, I think it is necessary for me to put
the record straight on his various lies against our boss", he said
"Segun
Akanni was a staff of Aare Gani Adams, he was not a member of the National
Executive Council,
(NEC)
the highest decision making organ of either the OPC or OPU. Whatever benefits
he enjoyed then resulted from the office he served. But he later blew the
opportunity"
Giving
insight into the situation surrounding Akanni's exit from the Organisation,
Adesina said the former CoS was sacked as a result of his dubious and
questionable character as a visa racketeer.
He was relieved of his job when it became open that he had conspired with some powerful people both within and outside the organisation to mortgage the future of the Organisation. Akanni was sacked because he had drifted from the struggle for the emancipation of the Yoruba race- his body and soul is no longer with the group"
While
relieving his relationship with Akanni, Adesina said: "I have known him for
the past 14 years, and from the outset, he was very notorious for telling lies.
He was a pathological liar, and that is why it seems funny to me when a pot is
desperately calling the kettle black".
"For
Segun Akanni to have launched spurious attacks and words of calumny against our
leader only showed the level of his pettiness and little knowledge of
history.Here
is
an ordinary "road-side engine oil seller" that was brought to
the limelight and laterally become somebody leveraging on the generosity of
our leader"
Continuing,
Adesina said: "It is an irony of fate that such an ingrate could be
so blessed to work with Aare Gani Adams, and eventually, reached the peak of
his career by becoming the Chief of Staff"
Describing
Akanni 's allegations as frivolous, Adesina pointed out that the records
are available that he served Aare Gani Adams for 14 years, and not 17 years as
he had alleged.
"Segun
Akanni's file at the office indicated that he joined the office of the Aare
Onakakanfo and Olokun Festival Foundation officially in 2004 as one of
the aides. He later became Personal Assistant(PA) in 2007 and the Chief of
Staff in 2018.
"Within
those years, he was sacked in 2012 and recalled again after seven months to
continue his job after several appeals from top royal fathers and some
eminent personalities. So, he lied about the years of his service for 17
years"
Beyond
that, he said he was excited because of his 'soaring popularity'.
"As
a prominent member of the OPC in Lagos, all our members and I knew Segun
Akanni was an interloper that usually reaps where he does not sow. How on earth
can you say you are more popular than your boss who calls the shots? He who
pays the pipers calls the tune, so says an idiom. OPC as an organisation, since
inception in 1994, revolves around leadership and it is 100 percent loyalty to
the leader, nothing short of that"
"So,
Segun Akanni's misplaced popularity naturally came from the unalloyed respect
other members of the organisation had for Aare Gani Adams from the
outset. And in truth, he couldn't have been more popular than his boss.
He said he left the organisation without any benefits. His lies are so spurious and almost reaching the rooftops. Akanni upgraded his education, sat for the West African Examination Council (WAEC) examination, did his Diplomas and BSc programme under the tutelage of Aare Gani Adams, and he got married, and started a life of his own under our leader
He
is presently a proud owner of a building in Magboro, Ogun State, one edifice in
Ile Igbo, his country home in Osun state, with two other houses in Lagos"
"He
has also acquired 40 hectares of land in Lagos and Ogun axis. In truth, the
ingrate had benefitted from the organisation even more than other leaders of
the group. He had travelled (at no cost of his) to over 25 countries across the
world"
His family has also benefitted from the office by travelling to the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States on two occasions and later relocated to Canada where they are presently residing with residents permit"
"Segun
Akanni was a transporter, and dealer, he sells cars at ease. Within the period
and even up till the very day he was sacked, he had offered three of his
"imported cars" for sale at the front of Aare Gani Adams' residence
in Omole, Lagos"
"So,
what kind of benefits can be so enduring than being blessed with all these
properties within 14 years? How can somebody be so ungrateful to God for
his" little beginning"?
He
said members of the group had, on three occasions, attacked his house in
Magboro. Did he report those attacks to the appropriate authorities? Where are
the evidences of those alleged attacks?
The the alleged attack on him at Gbagada in June last year was a "show of shame" because it was premeditated. He did the video recording and uploaded it on his Facebook page as a ploy to buy sympathy and seek asylum in Canada.
Meanwhile, he
had failed to mention the names of his attackers. The two coordinators he
mentioned - Adegoke Joseph and Yusuf Musa weren't at the scene of the attack,
they have instituted a legal action against him, even as he had left the
country for Canada.
"One
year after his show of shame, Segun Akanni had celebrated the shameful
anniversary of the assault. But at the moment, he is lonely, down and out, and for
us in OPC and OPU, his story has remained in the past and like a loser without
hope, he is fighting a lost battle and desperately looking for an
accomplices", he said.
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