The Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, has called on security agencies as well as the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, to be at alert during tomorrow’s re-run election in
Osun State as there are plots to rig the election.
In a statement signed by the
South West Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Ayo Fadaka, it was alleged that the APC is set to compromise the re-run
election as the party has perfected plans of hijacking ballot boxes across the
affected units where elections will be conducted.
The party emphasised that it will
resist all forms of intimidation during the rescheduled poll, calling on INEC
not to hesitate to cancel the results of units where electoral malpractices
occur.
“We want to bring to the notice
of the Police and other security agencies that plans are already concluded to
hijack ballot boxes on the election day, the details of this plan is that bands
of thugs will hijack ballot boxes and they will be chased by fake security
officers decked in the uniform of a marginal security agency who will pursue
the said criminals and recover the supposed box from them, fact, of course,
will be that the box would have been replaced in the process.
“We equally request the Police
and other security agencies to be alive to their responsibilities and arrest
all thugs that sail unchallenged in the streets of Osogbo particularly and Osun
State in general.
“Our agents and the entire people
must not allow the ballot box to be snatched by anyone, and if any box has been
snatched at all, such votes must be cancelled.
The statement further reads: “The
APC has been prosecuting a series of violence, thuggery and sinister plots in
its desperation to compromise the runoff elections in Osun State slated for
Thursday this week.
“Towards this end, it has
assaulted a number of our members and inflicted bodily harm on them, this
attitude is not only barbaric but a manifestation of its desperation to win the
election by hook or crook.
“We, therefore, wish to warn that
the fact that we have remained civil so far amid these spell of nefarious
activities is not a sign of weakness, it ‘s only driven by our commitment to
the good of the State and wellbeing of the citizenry. We, however, wish to warn
that our civility should not be mistaken for weakness.
“The party agents must also
demand that the Card Readers be proven to be blank of accreditation before
commencement of voting on election day. Information at our disposal indicates
that they plan to use already preloaded Card Readers.
“We also wish to remind INEC that
it owes this nation a responsibility to be fair and careful in the manner it
handles elections. It is bad for the system when people lose confidence in its
capability to be fair and just in the conduct of elections, such situation is a
recipe for the wholesale crisis in our nation.
“We call on the people of the
units where elections will be conducted to safeguard and protect their votes
seriously.”
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