[MUST READ & SHARE] PDP’s desperation biggest danger to Saturday’s Osun election – APC via @iKanzee_RR

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has
alleged that the PDP plans to massively rig
the Aug. 9th governorship election in 10
identified local governments in Osun state, in
addition to seeking a pliable person as a
returning officer.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by
its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, the party also said President
Goodluck Jonathan has reportedly told the
security agencies that he wants victory for his
party at all costs, an admonition that will
definitely shape their perception of the election
as a do-or-die affair.
”Nigerians from all walks of life, desirous of a
free and fair election on Saturday, are reaching
out to us with useful information on the plan
by the desperate PDP to rig the forthcoming
election, and we are taking the information
very seriously.
”For example, we learnt that the PDP has
identified Ife Central, Ife East, Ife North, Ife
South, Olurunda, Iwo, Ifelodun, Osogbo, Odo
Otin and Aiyedade as places where they plan
to perpetrate massive rigging. Two different
results have allegedly been written ahead of
the elections while three Vice Chancellors, one
from the North Central and two from the South
West, have been pencilled down to serve as a
returning officer. The incentive for the
returning officer who can announce the
doctored results is 1 billion Naira,” it said.
The party said when these plans are put
together with the massive deployment of
security agencies to Osun to harass and
intimidate the opposition, the huge amounts
of cash being moved into the state via
armoured personnel carriers, and the electoral
malfeasance specialist-ministers who have
landed in Osun, it is clear that the PDP is
working hard to ensure that the forthcoming
election is anything but free, fair and credible.
It therefore called on INEC not to allow any
unscrupulous person to serve as a returning
officer for the election, and to pay a special
attention to voting in the identified local
governments, where the PDP plans to influence
the outcome of the election.
”No one will accept the result of an election in
which the returning officer is compromised
with filthy lucre. This is why were are calling
on INEC to ensure that only a person of
integrity can serve in that important post,”
APC said, warning that its agents will not sign
any false results of the Aug. 9th election.
The party also called on the international
community to pay attention to the issues that
could affect the outcome of the election,
instead of waiting until the deed has been
done.
”The biggest danger to Saturday’s election in
Osun is the unbridled desperation of the PDP
to win at all costs. This explains why the
party’s candidate, Mr. Iyiola Omisore, has lied
so shamelessly about a purported USAID
survey that puts him ahead of Gov.
Aregbesola. But for USAID which quickly put a
lie to the peddled story, Mr. Omisore would
have continued to use it as a campaign tool,”
it said.