The
race to replace the deceased All Progressives Congress lawmaker in
Osun-west, Isiaka Adeleke is currently boiling as the main opposition
party, PDP raises alarm.
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As Osun West senatorial by-election draws nearer, the Osun State
chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday raised an
alarm over alleged plans by the ruling All Progress Congress (APC) in
the state to scuttle the process and prevent free, fair and credible
poll on July 8.
PDP also alleged that some electoral officers have connived with
the APC chieftains to disenfranchise some voters identified as
supporters of PDP by allegedly deleting their names from the list of
eligible voters.
Chairman of the party, Hon. Soji Adagunodo, made these revelations
while addressing a press conference at the party's Secretariat in
Osogbo.
Adagunodo further alleged that the APC had concluded plan to
distort the allocation of ballot papers in such a manner that would
ensure those meant for specific local governments, wards and polling
units are diverted to wrong locations; so as to delay the commencement
of voting and to void the election in such places.
A correspondent also reports that Adagunodo frowned at the
desperate conduct of some chieftains of APC said the ruling party under
the leadership of Gov. Rauf Aregbesola has allegedly "procured the
service of notorious thugs from within and outside the state, to unleash
violence in Ede North, Ede south, Egbedore, Irewole, Iwo and Ayedaade
local governments on election day."
"The APC election strategy committee is conniving with certain
elements in INEC to recruit OYES cadets and other party sympathisers as
presiding officers and polling clerks. Part of the plans is to sew fake
NYSC uniform and distribute same to these elements in order to make them
carry out this noferious plan.
"There are plans by the APC to ensure that INEC allocate
non-functioning card readers to areas considered as stronghold of PDP.
This, in their thinking, according to Adagunodo, would slow down
accreditation of voters and get voters discouraged.
In his words: "we have credible information about the plans of
APC and the state government to arrange the kidnap and or arrest of
leaders of the PDP in certain local governments on the eve of July 8.
"As we speak, certain chieftains of APC have compiled names of
their party members and sympathisers to be accredited by INEC as
election observers and monitors.
"You will recall 181 of these same elements from Osun State
were arrested somewhere in Imo State in 2013, while traveling as fake
observers for the Anambra governorship election.
The PDP Chair further alleged that the APC flagbearer, Senator
Mudashir Hussein plans to transport thousands of non-residents fake
voters from Abidjan, Cotonou, Togo and Ghana begining from this week.
The fake voters according to Adagunodo were to be camped in Ejigbo, Iwo and part of Egbedore local government.
Nonetheless, he has assured party members and supporters in the ten
local governments in the district that the National body would not fold
its hands and allow anyone; no matter how highly placed to subvert the
freewill of the electorates.
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