The Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State has described the destruction of Senator Ademola Adeleke campaign billboards in several parts of Osogbo and other parts of Osun state as barbaric and dangerous plot to cause political crisis, AMILOADED reports.
The PDP, in a statement on Thursday by the party’s caretaker committee chairman in Osun State, Dr Akindele Adekunle, warned that the resort to violence and the desperation to prevent Osun people from making their leadership choice in the forthcoming governorship election will backfire as the people are more than ready to ensure that their rights to choose who administer their affairs is not tampered with.
The statement read in part, “We must inform the whole world of a clandestine plan to unleash violence on Osun state by those who already feel rejected by overwhelming number of voters, thinking that this will scare them away from exercising their franchise on July 16. One of such plot is the willful destruction of Senator Ademola Adeleke billboards to reverse the the increasing acceptability of the PDP Candidate in all parts of the state.
“Let us, for the purpose of emphasis, warn those behind this plot that they will be matched, not necessarily by equal measure of violence but by whatever it takes legally to resist such attempt as to intimidate the good people of Osun State or coerce them into submission.
“This will mean we will not hesitate to mobilize Osun people against the violence that is being promoted by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). It is on this note that we want to urge the whole world to hold the APC responsible for any breakdown of law and order in Osun as we will no longer watch destruction of our Candidate’s billboards or any other attack on our campaign materials go without a response.
“Osun people can attest to the fact that our campaign has been peaceful so far.
” In all our campaign so far, we did not involve in any kind of destruction or attack, but kept focus on our message of hope and revival of Osun state and the suffering masses”
“We know so well how much our rescue mission mean to Osun people and how such message had constituted a thorn in the flesh of the clueless APC, but we will not allow their violence take shape as we are not unaware of such show of frustration by the Apc as the last kick of a dying horse”
They can can continue to vent their venom of their bitterness on the paper boards for all we care, but they should be rest assured that that will not dampen resolve of the populace to boot Apc out of Osun State”
” However, Let the APC not mistaken our peaceful disposition for cowardness, just as we warn that we will no longer condone their deliberate provocations. We are peace loving but will not be cowed by those who think the only route to leadership is violence. Osun people will not accept this barbarity anymore.
“We must also call on security agencies to rise up to their primary responsibilities and ensure that political thugs do not have a field day in their act of destructions.
“We again remind the security agencies of our earlier warning to the fact that the APC already built an army of thugs to use in the upcoming governorship election, and the need for security agencies to take necessary actions to stop them before they throw Osun State into unimaginable chaos.”
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