The All Progressives Congress in Osun State has described the jubilation by some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state after the adoption of written addresses at the Election Petitions Tribunal as a threat to the security of the state.
Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy of the APC in Osun State, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, said this at a press conference in Osogbo, the state capital, on Sunday.
He said that the PDP stage-managed the jubilation that its governorship candidate, Iyiola Omisore, had been declared winner of the August 9, 2014 election in order to give their supporters false hope and to lay the foundation for complaints and chaos after the tribunal’s judgment.
He asked the security agencies in the state to be on the alert in order to prevent any breakdown of law and order, which could plunge the state into anarchy.
Omisore had dragged Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the APC to the tribunal, asking the court to sack the governor and declare him (Omisore) winner of the poll.
The APC spokesperson said that Argbesola did not admit that he scored less that the number of votes credited to him by the Independent National Electoral Commission as Omisore’s counsel said at the tribunal.
He explained that the table prepared in Aregbesola’s final address stated that if the results from the disputed polling units were cancelled, he would still have won with 234,791 lawful votes as against Omisore’s 219,189 votes.
Oyatomi said, “So it was baffling what sort of brain wave could have incited supporters and leaders of the PDP into the streets, jubilating that Omisore had won his petition at the tribunal.
“The APC is not disturbed by the fallacies of the PDP, but when these lies threaten the peace as they did during the silly jubilation of the PDP on the streets of Osogbo and elsewhere, it becomes a security threat which must be nipped in the bud.
“This is why we want to alert the public to be on their guard always, not to allow the PDP create mayhem by spreading falsehood, capable of disturbing the peace.
“If the PDP in Osun cannot win an election through the ballot box, there are no way its lies can make the party victorious through the Election Petition Tribunal because the honourable court deals in law, not in lies.”
Source: Punch
