OTUNBA BOSUN OLADELE, THE APC CANDIDATE FOR IREPO/ORELOPE/OLORUNSOGO FEDERAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE 2015 GENERAL ELECTION: IN THE CELEBRATION MOOD OF HIS BIRTHDAY, THIS IS JUST TO HAVE A REFRESHING MOMENT INTO A PRESS INTERVIEW GRANTED BY BARISTER OTUNBA BOSUN OLADELE TO A VANGUARD NEWSPAPER’S CORRESPONDENT, FIND OUT ABOUT; (1) …...what actually led to his removal as Oyo State Commissioner for Information from Ajimobi’s cabinet, (2) …..his own belief and position about the issue of act of mutiny of soldiers, (3) …..his political ideology, ambition, all that make him thick as a true democrat, …..and lots more. Oyo State All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain and immediate past Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Otunba Bosun Oladele has lampooned politicians for their incessant defections from one party to the other saying that it retards development. He among others told Saturday Vanguard in an interview that the crisis ravaging the APC in Oyo and Ogun states would soon be resolved. The former Oyo State legal adviser of the Alliance for Democracy, AD, also spoke on the military mutiny trials and need for the Federal Government to get military officers and personnel properly equipped, kitted and funded. Q: As a lawyer, what is your take on the military mutiny trials as a lawyer? Ordinarily you are looking at it the way things ought to be. But what ought to be should also be a function of what it is. And when you talk about what it is, are we not having mutiny in the whole of the country as well? Are things going on normally as they ought to be in the country? A: And in most circumstances, you cannot reconstruct or start a new construction without demolishing the old structure. The old structure must be tampered with. And if you look at the whole thing critically when the military will say, “we are adjudging you guilty of mutiny”, somebody somewhere should also be accused of murder because when you send people out to go and stake their lives for their fatherland, you should equip them. You should equip them so that even when they are fighting and their blood is dropping, they will be sure that, not only has the nation given them its best, they have also put in their best for the nation. You should always do unto others what you would wish others to do unto you. The whole arrangement of trial and sentencing, to me, does not address the root cause. It will only aggravate the same trend rather than deterring such in future. You should go on and address the root cause and you will see that it won’t happen again. Q: And what is the root cause? A: Under equipped, underfunded and bastardization of morality. If the root cause is not addressed there will be more mutiny in future. It is human nature. Why do you want to push us to the front to be slaughtered like chickens when you are safe in your comfort zone? Q: Some people attributed the problem leading to the mutiny to the top military hierarchy and not the GOC 7 Division that the soldiers wanted to kill… A: That is what I am saying. You see some of us like to scratch the surface. We love to adopt scapegoatism. If you don’t deal with a situation, definitely the situation will and deal with you. Q: And whose business is it really to deal with the situation? A: It is the business of the Federal Government and the military high command. The Federal Government must release budgeted funds timely. It has been a practice in this country, every year we have unspent budget allocation when the things it is meant for are left undone. .....to be continued vanguardngr/2014/10/mutiny-govt-must-address-root-cause-priority-otunba-oladele/#sthash.34nHrsua.dpuf
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:44:20 +0000
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