A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Farouk Aliyu, has said the party’s members and supporters took Governor Ademola Adeleke for granted during the Osun State governorship election.

Aliyu said some APC members assumed that the Federal Government would guarantee the party’s victory, leading them to underestimate Adeleke and his supporters.

Speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Monday, the APC chieftain said the attitude contributed to the party’s defeat at the polls.

He said some party members became overconfident and failed to put in the necessary effort in certain areas because they believed victory was already assured.

“Yes, there were sentiments, and members of our party, I think, also had an overkill. Some thought that probably the federal government would come and just drive everybody and write the results.

“Our members and supporters took Adeleke for granted, and the members of his party, his movement, in such a way that what we ordinarily ought to do in certain places, we didn’t do, thinking that, look, what is it? I will win the election. We can even do whatever to win the election. Well, that didn’t happen.”

Aliyu also condemned a remark attributed to Senator Francis Fadahunsi, saying it was inappropriate for the APC chieftain to threaten opposition members.

He said although he did not fully understand the Yoruba language in which Fadahunsi reportedly made the statement, he considered the reported use of the word “kill” unacceptable.

“But yes, I agree with you, Senator Fadahunsi spoke in Yoruba; I don’t speak Yoruba, I don’t understand Yoruba that much, I think what he did was very wrong, for coming out to say ‘kill’.”

UGAMATV reports that the APC lost the Osun governorship election to the Accord Party, with incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke securing victory at the poll.