Anxiety As Tribunal Delivers Judgment Today Fuel Hike: Civil Servants, Private Car Owners Opt For Public Transport In Osun

Yusuf Oketola

SOME civil Servants and private car owners in Osogbo, capital of the State of Osun have been opting for public transporta on as the scarcity and skyrocketing pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly call petrol bite harder.

A litre of petrol, as of yesterday, was being sold between N310 and N350 by filling sta ons who had fuel.

Majority of the filling staons were not opera ng at all, resul ng to long queues at the few petrol sta ons that were selling fuel.

TENSION has pervaded the poli cal space of Osun as the elecon pe on tribunal is set to deliver judgment on the pe on filed by former governor Adegboyega Oyetola against the victory of Governor Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke in the July 16 gubernatorial elecon.

OSUN DEFENDER noted that there was uneasy calm in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples

Democra c Party (PDP), as their members and supporters are hopeful of victory.

However, the APC has expressed op mism that it would come out victorious at the tribunal, calling on its members to be calm and peaceful.

The Director of Media and Publicity of the APC, Chief Kola Olabisi, in an interview with OSUN DEFENDER, yesterday, said the party diligently prosecuted its case, no ng that it was not expec ng anything short of victory.

Olabisi said: “We are hopeful that we are going to come out with flying colours at the tribunal. We have really worked for it. We prosecuted our case diligently. There is no cause for alarm.

“The residents should go about their normal daily business ac vi es. They should be peaceful and avoid any provoca ve words from anybody.”

Expressing confidence on what would be the outcome of the tribunal, the