The
Peoples’ Democratic Party, Osun State has written to the Inspector-General of
Police on the series of criminalities being perpetrated against leaders and
members of its party by agents of the All Progressive Congress.
In
a press release by the Osun State Peoples’ Democratic Party Chairman, Hon. Soji
Adagunodo, he said that the All Progressive Congress has orchestrated plans to
manipulate the State Governorship election holding on Saturday 22nd of
September, 2018 in favor of the APC.
Adagunodo
therefore called on the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris to take
immediate actions to ensure that the perpetrators of the various crimes against
the party members, apprehended and brought them to justice while ensuring that
the plots against the peaceful, free and fair conduct of Saturday’s
governorship election are nipped in the bud.
Excerpt
is the full text of the press release:
The
Inspector-General of Police
Force
Headquarters
Area
11, Garki-Abuja
Through:
The
State Commissioner of Police
Osun
State Police Command
Osogbo,
Osun state
Dear
Sir,
REPORT
ON MURDER OF A PDP STALWART, ASSASINATION ATTEMPT ON OUR GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE
AND GENERAL THREAT TO A PEACEFUL & CREDIBLE CONDUCT OF THE OSUN STATE
GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION
We
wish to bring to your attention and for your very urgent and decisive action
the series of criminalities being perpetrated against leaders and members of
our party by agents of the All Progressive Congress as well as orchestrated
plans to manipulate the State Governorship election holding on Saturday 22nd of
September, 2018 in favor of the APC.
We
seek your indulgence to take a very critical look at the issues here-under
itemized and address them in a drastic, holistic and professional manner in
order to ensure justice, fairness and sanctity of the Nigerian electoral
process.
1.
MURDER OF MR. NASIRU JIMOH AJASA, A PDP STALWART AND CHAIRMAN OF NIGERIA
AUTOMOBILE TECHNICIANS ASSOCIATION ( NATA) , EGBEDORE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
On
Sunday 16th of September, 2018, armed thugs sponsored by the All Progressive
Congress attacked and killed the Chairman of Nigeria Automobile
Association of Nigeria in Egbedore Local Government of Osun State who is also a
prominent ward leader of the PDP in Ofatedo community, Mr. Nasiru Jimoh Ajasa.
Nasiru had attended a rally of the PDP in the community on the stated date and
was clad in an attire adorned with the photograph of the Governorship candidate
of our party when he was killed in cold blood. Mr. Ajasa was chased from a
drinking joint in Ibikunle area of Dada Estate where he had gone for a drink
after a successful rally involving hundreds of other party men. This father of
3 boys and a girl was said to have been trailed by the thugs to the drinking
joint and hacked down at a location close to his house in Ayo Olorun area,
Opposite Grace cooking Gas in Ofatedo. As we write, there is no indication that
the Police has effected any arrest of the hoodlums who perpetrated the heinous
crime on this innocent man.
2.
ASSASINATION ATTEMPT ON THE CANDIDATE OF OUR PARTY
In
the last two weeks, there had been several attempts on the life of our
candidate, Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke by people suspected to be thugs on
the pay-roll 0f the State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and the APC
leadership in Osun state. The attempts were manifested through coordinated
attacks on the campaigns rallies of the PDP in Osogbo, Ikirun and Ede. In spite
of the various complaints by our party against these acts, the police has not
deemed it fit to arrest any of the culprits nor provide extra security for our
candidate or at our rallies.
3.
PLAN OF ARREST AGAINST PDP LEADERS
We
have it on very good authority that the Governor of Osun state, in
collaboration with some high-ranking police officers has concluded plans to
arrest, detain and harass prominent leaders of our party beginning from today
Tuesday 18th September, 2018. The list which we have sighted includes 52 names
of party officials, leaders, serving and former political office holders and
vote canvassers across the thirty local governments of Osun state. The plan is
to use this as a way of destabilizing our party ahead of the elections and
giving a free passage to the APC in its desperate attempt to disrupt the peaceful
conduct of the election and manipulating the results in many local governments.
4.
INFLUX OF STRANGERS INTO OSUN STATE
In
the last 72-hours, we have observed a massive influx of strangers into Osun
state from Lagos and some neighboring states. These strange faces in their
numbers have been spotted in hotels, schools and the private residences of APC
leaders. This is already creating undue tension and anxiety in many towns and
villages. There is every cause to worry that these persons who were not known
to be indigenes or regular residents of Osun state are being imported by the
APC and the State Government to participate illegally and possibly disrupt the
peaceful conduct of Saturday’s polls.
5.
PLANS TO USE FAKE SOLDIERS, POLICE AND NYSC PERSONNEL
It
has also come to our attention that the leadership of the APC has contracted
out the sewing of fake military, police and NYSC uniforms to a firm in Lagos
and Benin City. This illegal act is being coordinated by two prominent National
leaders of the APC who intend to use the fake personnel to manipulate voting
process, falsify results, hijack electoral materials and intimidate voters in
places considered to be strong-holds of the PDP. In particular, plans have been
perfected to rig the forthcoming elections in Osun East Senatorial Districts
comprising the 4 local governments in Ile-Ife and the 6 in Ijesa-land. A
meeting of the stated leaders of the APC and some unscrupulous officials of the
Independent National Electoral Commission has been held on 5 different
occasions to plan various acts of rigging, disruptions, vote-buying and general
harassment of PDP members and supporters during the governorship
elections.
We
have decided to bring these issues to your attention today because we believe
as the number one security officer in Nigeria; you should be very well bothered
and concerned with the safety of lives and property of all citizens as well as
the sanctity of the electoral process in every part of the country.
We
are also aware of the fact that as the main election preceding the general
election, the attention of the International Community is on the forthcoming
election in Osun State and its peaceful and credible conduct will go a long way
in determining the sustainability or otherwise of democracy in Nigeria.
We
are therefore urging you sir, to take immediate actions to ensure that the
perpetrators of the various crimes indicated above are apprehended and brought
to justice while ensuring that the plots against the peaceful, free and fair
conduct of Saturday’s governorship election are nipped in the bud.
Thank
you for your attention.
Yours
faithfully
SIGNED
Hon.
Soji Adagunodo
Chairman,
PDP, Osun state
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