Osun Guber Polls: APC Exposes PDP’s Rigging Plans

Ahead of the governor
ship elections in Osun State, the  All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised an alarm over an alleged plans by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)  and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rig the election.
In a statement issued in Lagos last Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,and made available to The Tide, the party said under the plan, some INEC staff had allegedly handed over the entire electoral register for the state to a Special Assistant to a top PDP national official, with a view to manipulating it to disenfranchise many voters. .
APC in the statement said, the alleged plan to tamper with the electoral register for Osun, coupled with INEC’s delay in issuing Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) to registered voters, especially those who are APC members in the state, confirmed the desperation of the PDP to win the forthcoming governorship election at all cost.
According to the party, “The truth is that the PDP knows it cannot win a free and fair election in Osun State. Everything so far points to the fact that our party will win by a landslide if the election is free, fair, credible and transparent. In fact, a highly-credible opinion poll carried out by the globally-recognized TNS-RMS shows that the APC leads among voters in the state by 73%, compared to a paltry 19% for the PDP.
‘’Apparently stunned by the reality on the ground, as against the propaganda by the PDP, the party’s candidate, Iyiola Omisore, quickly conjured his own opinion poll, purportedly carried out by USAID, showing that he is leading the APC candidate and incumbent Governor Rauf Aregbesola.
‘’Fortunately, USAID has denied carrying out any opinion poll in Osun State, thus putting a lie to the PDP’s claim. There is no better indication of desperation than this.”

(R-L) Caretaker Committee Chairman of Eleme LGA and Deputy National Secretary of the APC, Hon. Oji Ngofa, member, Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Josiah John Orlu and Chairman of the Port Harcourt Flour Mills, Hon. Marcus Nle Eji, during a solidarity visit by Leaders of Eleme ethnic nationality to Governor Chibuike Amaechi at Government House, Port Harcourt, recently.