An Akure prince, Adewole Daramola has castigated Ondo State Governor’s wife, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu over her “romantic” allegation against an aide to her husband, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu.
In a recent leaked audio message, Anyanwu-Akeredolu accused the Special Adviser to the Governor on Multilateral and Intergovernmental Affairs, Ms. Bunmi Ademosun of clandestinely offering local herbs to her husband to drink over his ailment, which media aide to Akeredolu said was not life-threatening.
But, Daramola, Canada-based community leader, said that the governor’s wife utterances were embarrassing to Akeredolu and the people of Ondo State.
The prince, who contested in the last selection which produced the current Deji of Akure, urged the governor’s wife to immediately tender an unreserved apology for the “dishonour over her wild allegation” against the daughter of a prominent chief in Akure.
Daramola, a well-respected Accountant, said: “Ondo State First Lady speech accusing an innocent senior member of Ondo State government of having an affair with her husband is unfair. She is an embarrassment to her husband as well as Ondo State”.
He further said: “The woman she accused is a happily married prominent Akure woman from a very prominent decent family.
“She is one of those who helped the governor to win the second term”.
He stated that the people of the state have accommodated her, as the wife of the governor, but she should not drag the name of the state in the mud.
He said: “She is unelected First Lady who receives millions of Naira every month, and not long ago failed in her senatorial bid in the 2023 elections in eastern Nigeria.
“Ondo State has accommodated her because she’s married to our governor. We will not tolerate her disrespecting us.
“We love Akeredolu and we are all praying for his speedy recovery. The First Lady should be more concerned about her husband’s health and recovery rather than accusing an innocent senior staff of Ondo State government who is just trying to do her job of having affair with her husband”.
He counselled the governor’s wife, who was said to be a cancer survivor, to look after her health and concentrate on her husband’s recovery rather than chasing shadow of someone attempting to snatch her husband.
In the audio tape, Anyanwu-Akeredolu cautioned Ademosun to stay away from her husband as her persistent closeness had affected Akeredolu’s health.
She said: “I have a message for Ademosun and I believe that she’s on his Aketi’s women’s platform. I don’t have her number, and I don’t think she’s worthy of me having her number. I want this woman to stay away from my husband. Stop sneaking in concoctions. They are from her fake pastors to give my husband to drink”.
Admitting that the governor has health challenge, his spokesman, Mr Richard Olatunde said on Tuesday that it is not life-threatening. He said that although the governor is physically frail, he was still carrying out his official duties.
