PDP planning anarchy in Osun - APC

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Wednesday 15 October 2014

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The All Progressives Congress has accused the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State of planning to deliberately cause crisis in the state with its interpretation of the ruling of the Appeal Court.

The Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy of the APC in Osun State, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, who said this in a statement on Wednesday, called on security agencies in the state to be at alert to prevent the opposition party from throwing the state into confusion.



The Court of Appeal had thrown out the appeal filed by the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Ambassador Rufus Akeju, seeking to upturn an earlier judgment of a High Court that Akeju could not preside over the 2011 election in the state because of his alleged relationship with former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu.

The PDP interpreted the striking out of the appeal to mean that all elections conducted by the REC had become invalid and state lawmakers and members of the National Assembly from the state should be sacked.

The statement read, “Security agencies should be prepared to nip in the bud the threat to peace and security, which the Peoples Democratic Party has become over‎ the issue of the Appeal Court ruling in Akure, which struck out INEC’s appeal against its Resident Electoral Commissioner, Amb. Toyin Akeju, from supervising the 2011 legislative elections in the state.

“From competent information we have‎ and the intelligence deductions we could make from the PDP chairman, Alhaji Gani Olaoluwa’s statement to forcefully stop the lawful business of the State House of Assembly, it is obvious that the PDP planned to orchestrate mayhem in the state.
“Had there been a declaration, ruling or judgment on the 2011 legislative elections by the Federal High Court, Osogbo? We should ask the mischievous PDP people: what was the issue the INEC appealed against? Did it include that pertaining to the elections for which the High Court did not restrain it from conducting? In fact, the High Court refused that prayer.

“We therefor appeal to the security officials not to allow illiterates, who are currently leading the PDP in the state, to throw Osun into confusion.

“We are particularly grateful for the response of the State Police Command, which put paid to PDP’s attempt to create mayhem at the State House of Assembly on Monday and we also like to emphasise that the threat to peace and security from the PDP is not over yet.”

Olaoluwa had said the implication of the appellate court’s ruling was that lawmakers produced by the election, which Akeju supervised, should be sacked.

He said the party would resist the “illegal activities” the members of the State House of Assembly were carrying out.

Olaoluwa said, “The continuous sitting of the members of the House of Assembly might be an invitation to anarchy as PDP will resist all forms of illegality in the state.

“Well meaning Nigerians should call the APC to order by respecting the rule of law.”
He also called on security agencies to ensure that the lawmakers respect the court judgment.
Meanwhile, the PDP has accused the APC of disturbing the peace of the state with protest of the members of the ruling party in Ila and Osogbo on Wednesday.

Olaoluwa, in a statement made available to journalists said the alleged lack of internal democracy in the APC was the cause of the protest.

But the APC spokesperson told our correspondent on the telephone that there was no protest by the members of the party.

He said there could be disagreement as a result of the ongoing congress the party was conducting in the state, but dismissed the report of any crisis in the party.

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