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The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again expressed displeasure over the proposed conduct election in the 30 local government areas of the state, AMILOADED reports.
The PDP alleged that the plans to conduct the local government election in Osun State was plot by the state governor, Gboyega Oyetola, to desperately look for “all corrupt means to cover its ass”.
The PDP Caretaker Committee Chairman in Osun State, Dr Akindele Adekunle, said this at a press conference he addressed on Tuesday.
Adekunle, however, called on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, and the Osun State Commissioner of Police to “take proactive steps to nip in the bud, the likelihood of breach of the peace in the state as masses of the state are eager and more than ready to resist any action by the rejected government to further impoverish them by political gansters without any modicum of morality and conscience.”
The Caretaker Committee added that the planned local government election must be stopped from holding in the state because the “election conflicts completely with provisions of the law”.
He said: “We knew that the immediate denial by the OSIEC chairman, Otunba Oladitan was not sincere as he had the governor’s stern order to cause the election to hold by all means, not minding its impropriety in the face of the law.
“The reason behind such blind rush for an election the same Apc government had refused to hold since advent of Oyetola’s administration is not far fetched. The defeated government had soiled it hands in so much financial infractions and monumental corruption, especially towards the last election and therefore, is desperately looking for all corrupt means to cover its ass.
“Our great party, the PDP however, wants to remind Mr Oyetola that we have his numbers in this. The more he runs for cover, the more exposed he becomes.
“It is incumbent on us not to allow Mr Oyetola’s disdain for rule of law and the good people of the state go unchecked. That is why this mad rush for an illegal election will be resisted by every means possible.
“In a sane clime, Mr Gboyega Oyetola should be on his remorseful and apologetic knees, profusely praying for forgiveness from the people of Osun State for his gross misdeeds for which he was overwhelmingly rejected at the poll instead of grandstanding and sadistic vengeance against the same people.
“For us in the PDP, we have advised the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) not to allow itself to be used as a tool for illegality. We as a matter of fact, sent delegation to the Commission to tutor and enlighten them on consequences of turning themselves into prisoners of another man’s desperation.
“We have asked them to stop the Local Government Election being planned by the state government because the election conflicts completely with provisions of the law.
“The planned election, we want to maintain, is a futile effort that will certainly not stand and and as we’ve mentioned severally, it is an attempt to plung the state further into financial abjection and misery.”
Adekunle continued: “All men of good conscience should demand explanation from Mr Gboyega Oyetola, reasons behind his insistence on conducting an election he knows is clearly against the electoral act. Or is Osun State no longer a constituent part of the Federal Republic of Nigeria where the act regulating conducts of election is clearly spelt out?
“Jettisoning section 150 (1) & (2) of the electoral act especially, which makes it compulsory for a state electoral body to follow the provisions of the Electoral Act in the procedure regulating elections to the Local Government as sub-paragraph 3 of the section invalidates any election by a State electoral body in contravention of the procedure stipulated in the Electoral Act.
“OSIEC is further reminded today that the Electoral Act in sub-paragraph 4 of section 150 makes it a criminal offence for any official of the state electoral body to breach the provision, as such deliberate offender is liable to be prosecuted. The eagerness to waste state resources on this fruitless venture again makes it more criminal for members of OSIEC.
“It is our believe and hope that OSIEC members and other recalsrrant stakeholders take note of these warnings as being chronicled and properly noted for record purposes.
“We cannot but sympathize with the outgoing government for its failures occasioned by arrogance in cluelessness. However, Osun State and indeed the suffering masses in the State cannot be offered as guinea pigs by a man fighting himself over avoidable pitfalls.
“We again reiterate our call on the IGP Alkali Baba Usman and the state Commissioner of Police to take proactive steps to nip in the bud, the likelihood of breach of the peace in the state as masses of the state are eager and more than ready to resist any action by the rejected government to further impoverish them by political gansters without any modicum of morality and conscience.
“I on behalf of our great party, the PDP, once again assure the good people of Osun State of the unwavering commitment of the Governor-Elect, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, to protect their interest as it relates to their wellbeing, whatever the cost and no matter whose ox is gored,” the PDP Caretaker Committee chairman said
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