►All Progressives Congress (APC) has spoken of how the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Presidency, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Police and the Army plan to work together to rig the coming governorship election in Osun State on August 9. APC alleged that PDP revealed the plot in what it called “a moment of mad arrogance”.
►The allegation was contained in a statement by Osun State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Kunle Oyatomi. According to the statement, “The result of the August 9 election is already known to the PDP and the secret was let out of the bag by the chairman of the PDP in Ekiti State”.
It said the PDP chairman allegedly boasted to close friends in Ekiti that “PDP victory in Osun was a foregone conclusion”.
►The allegation was contained in a statement by Osun State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Kunle Oyatomi. According to the statement, “The result of the August 9 election is already known to the PDP and the secret was let out of the bag by the chairman of the PDP in Ekiti State”.
It said the PDP chairman allegedly boasted to close friends in Ekiti that “PDP victory in Osun was a foregone conclusion”.
A credible source, who was one of the friends of the Ekiti PDP chairman, quoted him as saying that “any running up and down by Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola to avoid defeat is an exercise in futility. The PDP chairman further disclosed that ‘Osun masses would be jolted and embarrassed a few days to the election when the army and police would unleash militia dressed in full combat uniform and armed to the teeth would suddenly appear all over the state.”
The PDP chairman further disclosed that “as the militia intimidate citizens on land, the Assistant Inspector General of Police in the zone and his aides, the Police Minister, Jelili Adesiyan, the Minister of the State for the Army, Musiliu Obanikoro, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, PDP National Chairman, and Omisore himself would be on a close patrol from the air and on ground of all polling units to ensure that nothing goes wrong. That was how we won Ekiti; we will repeat it in Osun,” the Ekiti PDP chairman was quoted as saying.
Still quoting the chairman, the statement said: “The PDP will capture Ijesha axis from Rauf, in the same style they made Fayemi in Ekiti to lose in his ward”, and that PDP was making serious efforts to penetrate Muslim leadership with large sum of cash which will be donated by Kasamu Buruji from Ogun State. The amount PDP has earmarked for distribution to Muslim leaders is N1 billion, the statement claimed.
Efforts are being made to also compromise the leadership of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the Osun State, it added. Continuing his startling revelation, the PDP chairman in a most unguarded display of arrogance and power said, “the Presidency, Senate led by David Mark and PDP Governors promised to open their vaults to fund” the rigging exercise of Osun votes.
“As at today, it was gathered that not less that N6.2 billion has been released to Omisore. To crown the revelations, the PDP chairman was alleged to have said that President Goodluck Jonathan is only waiting for Osun result to pronounce his 2nd coming.” But the APC said the only way the PDP can rig the election is for INEC to buy into this plan.
“Indeed,” the party said, “we already have strategic information to that effect; and from what INEC is doing thus far about the permanent voters cards (PVC), including its sudden bold face on the card reader and the former electoral commissioner in the state, Professor Attahiru Jega’s integrity has already suffered a knock-out blow. “INEC may have been sucked in, in PDP’s plans and they must be ready for genocide and the consequences of their evil plot,” APC said.
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