The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State, on Thursday raised alarm over an alleged plot by Governor Rauf Aregbesola, to deploy 15,000 persons to Kogi State with the intent of rigging the elections.
A statement on Thursday by the party’s spokesperson, Diran Odeyemi, 15,000 APC members from Osun State had been mobilized and would be deployed to various local government areas in the state, particularly those where Mr. Audu is popular.
“We want the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr. Solomon Arase and the Director General of the Department of the State Security, DSS, Mr Kifasi to immediately act on this information and prevent the move by Osun governor to storm Kogi with APC members from Osun,” the statement said.
“We want to recall the arrest of some APC members from Osun state led by the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Aregbesola on Inter Governmental Affairs, Mr. Waheed Lawal, on the eve of the 2014 Anambra state governorship poll by the eagle-eyed men of DSS in Imo state enroute Anambra state.
“It should not also be forgotten the role played by Aregbesola in the failed efforts to unseat Governor Segun Mimiko in 2002 Ondo governorship poll and his financial efforts to return Dr. Kayode Fayemi to office as Ekiti state governor for another term last year June.”
The PDP called on President Muhammadu Buhari remind security agencies of the need for neutrality in the discharge of their duties, adding that the gains recorded since the return of democracy in 1999 should not be allowed to be rubbished by a few persons in power.
