PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY RAISES ALARM OVER ALLEGED PLOT TO RIG ELECTION IN OYO
The coordinator said that as a party, Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) do not cry foul where there is none, adding that it has been brought to the notice of party that the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) has been threatening, intimidating, and pressuring some top officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to do their unlawful biddings in the favour of their candidates.
Hear him “The following untoward, unlawful and illegal activities alleged to have occurred between the INEC top officials and Oyo State Governor, Governor Abiola Ajimobi and APC leaders in Oyo State.
“The APC through the Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi was alleged to have approached the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Oyo State, Barrister Mutiu Agboke, to do their bidding and the REC was harassed and threatened that if he does not do their bidding, the Governor would ensure that the REC is transferred out of Oyo State”.
Penpushing further reports that, Nureni noted that contrary to the directive that sensitive election materials should be returned to Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Governor insisted that it should be returned to the Oyo State Government house.
He also adding that although it was resisted by Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Mutiu Agboke, but the fact that the effort was made by the Governor of the State, makes it bad enough for Nigerian democracy at this auspicious time.
“That the instance of APC and their cohorts, the smart card readers that were supposed to be configured at INEC office in Ibadan, concerted efforts were made to get it configured at Agodi government house, Ibadan through directives from the Governor”.
“Allegation of outright thumbprint at the government house leveled against the Governor has not been refuted by him up till now, we demand investigation into allegations since our campaign council was inundated with calls from different quarters’.
“We thereby called on the Staff and Resident Electoral Commissioner in Oyo State and other relevant agency who are saddled with one responsibility or the other for the forthcoming election not to succumb to the pressure from the ruling party or anyone at all to carry out any illegal and untoward practice that could change the will of the people which can truncate our democracy”.
Penpushing also reports that, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain said his party shall investigate the authencity of the accusation to know if it is true, ‘because as a political party, if the rule is followed accordingly, the will of the people in Oyo State will prevailed because PDP don’t want a situation whereby the will of the people will be subverted’.
“We cannot fold our arms while all the accusations are going around because something might be going on which is unknown to us, all the people should play the game according to the rule, we all knew what transpired between the former REC and the State Governor, that is why we are crying out, we don’t want a situation where by INEC will be compromise’.
