The Oyo State Government has
claimed that it has uncovered a plot by a group within the All Progressives
Congress (APC), under the auspices of Unity Forum to burn down the state
secretariat of the party.
The state claimed the move was
part of their desperate bid to scuttle Saturday’s local government election and
party congresses.
According to the state
government, it received intelligence that members of the group had been holding
clandestine meetings at different locations in Ibadan to perfect the plot by
recruiting thugs to carry out this hatchet job.
A statement on Wednesday by the
Executive Assistant, Political to the Governor, Morounkola Thomas, said that
the group included some members of the House of Representatives, a minister, as
well as former and serving political office holders
The statement alleged that the
group has been meeting in the homes of two of their members in Bodija and
Samonda areas ofIbadan, with a view to causing mayhem and panic among the good
people of Oyo State.
The government, however, warned
the group to be prepared to bear the consequences of their planned action
having taken precautionary measures to scuttle their plans, while it urged
law-abiding citizens to go about their businesses without fear.
“Oyo State is peaceful and will
remain peaceful with the support of every law-abiding citizen. The governor has
been a peace-loving leader and chief promoter of peace in the last seven years
of his administration.
“He will, therefore, not fold his
arms and allow any group or individual, irrespective of status, to take the
state back to the dark era of political brigandage and violence.
“The protesting members of the
House of Representatives and their leaders are all beneficiaries of Governor
Ajimobi’s generosity and should be grateful to him, instead of biting the
fingers that fed them.
“We are aware that they are
looking for relevance and the only way they can get this is by linking Governor
Ajimobi to the imaginary threat to their lives and well-being. Would anyone
planning to injure you inform you before the act? They should have come up with
a more believable tale.
“These are the governor’s
political sons and I don’t know what will profit a father to kill his own son.
The Almighty has been sufficiently good to him with every sense of modesty and
he will not take issues further with them.
“All their tantrums are mere
distractions and a plot to derail the governor from his focused cardinal
objectives of transformation, reformation and repositioning agenda, which have
indubitably transformed the face and fortunes of the state.
“It sounds unbelievable that the
said Reps members and their ilk could claim that the same governor who
single-handedly propelled them from political irrelevance to the limelight will
now be plotting to take their lives.
“The ward congresses have come
and gone. The congress committee and the so-called Unity Forum adjudged the
congress to be free and fair. An appeal committee has been put in place and I
will only advise those aggrieved with the outcome of the congress to explore
the opportunity.
“The governor has turned his attention to the
task for which he was elected for the second term by the good people of Oyo
Stateand will not allow himself to be distracted by the noise of the
marketplace. I will rather advise them to get busy with the business of
lawmaking for which they were elected.”
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