As electorates in Osun State prepare to vote for the next governor of the state come Saturday, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has warned that the consequences of the alleged plan to rig the governorship election in the state by Peoples Democratic Party will be unimaginable.
The party chieftain handed this warning in Osogbo on Thursday during a news conference. He was addressing journalists on the alleged plan to manipulate Saturday’s poll in favour of the PDP.
According to him, the rigging plans were contained in two documents which are now in the custody of the APC.
Oyegun added that the PDP had planned to unleash mayhem as an alternative plan.
The APC chairman exonerated the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, of the plan to rig, but said that the PDP made its plan in collusion with some unscrupulous officials of the INEC.
He said, “Jega is sitting on an iceberg and he does not know what is under. I sympathise with him. The consequences of rigging this election will be undesirable.”
He said, “We have uncovered a secret document marked ‘’Highly Confidential,’’ that contains a meticulous outline of plans to rig the election, polling unit by polling unit, using pre-programmed ballot papers already designed and thumb printed with vanishing ink in favor of PDP.”
The APC gave the breakdown of the self-allotted figures as contained in the document as follows: “Atakumosa-East (10,000); Atakumosa-West (10,000), Ayedaade (15,000), Ayedire (10,000), Boluwaduro (5,000); Boripe (10,000); Ede-North (10,130); Ede-South (10,000); Egbedore (10,000); Ejigbo (15,000); Ife-Central (35,000); Ifedayo (7,000); Ife-East (33,018); Ifelodun (15,000) and Ife-North (20,000).
“Others listed in the rigging document are: Ife-South (20,000); Ila (10,000); Ilesa-East (10,000); Ilesa-West (10,340); Irepodun (10,007); Irewole (20,105); Isokan (10,000); Iwo (15,000); Obokun (10,203); Odo-Otin (10,107); Ola-Oluwa (5,070); Olorunda (15,000); Oriade (10,000); Orolu (7,936 and Osogbo (28,000).”
But the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Alhaji Gani Olaoluwa, while reacting, outrightly debunked the claims of the APC.
Olaoluwa said the APC was jittery because of the impending defeat it would suffer on Saturday.
He said, “If they have any document prepared by the PDP to rig, why can’t they publish it? Does it mean they do not have money to do so?
We challenge them to make such public instead of making frivolous allegations,” he added.
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