Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola
Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has said that he is
prepared to face Peoples Democratic Party forces in the August 9 governorship
election, insisting that he will win the election by popular votes.
Aregbesola, who spoke in Osogbo, on Saturday, warned the PDP
against rigging the governorship election. According to him, the PDP does not
have the support of the masses like him.
When asked how his party would react if there was an attempt
by security forces to restrict its leaders and members, Aregbesola said nobody
could stop the people of Osun from exercising their civic right.
He said, “I’m a product of the popular forces, by popular
forces, I mean the people, I emanated from them, I’m a product of their
struggle. I’ve interacted on a daily basis with the people from the outset of
my administration. They know me and I know them. I have affected their lives
through populist programmes.
“I’m from the street and it is easy for me to go back to the
street because that’s where my people are. Can they (PDP) go to the street?
“They don’t know who they are facing; my real home is the
street. Look at me, do I look like a governor? That’s why I call my
administration government unusual because we need to bring passion and vision
into governance and break away from stagnating ways of doing things.
“Let’s meet on the street. My administration has the full
support of the masses.”
But the Minister of State for Defence, Mr. Musiliu
Obanikoro, said the PDP would stop the APC from rigging the election.
Obanikoro, who spoke with our correspondent in Osogbo, on
Saturday, accused the APC of planning to rig the election, stressing that the
PDP would resist the alleged attempt.
On the allegation that the PDP is planning to militarize
Osun governorship election, Obanikoro explained that there was the need to
provide the electorate with a level playing field devoid of harassment and
intimidation.
He said, “We are not here to capture Osun. We want people to
come out without any fear or intimidation and cast their votes. The noise, the
hullabaloo that you are hearing is because they want to rig. We know them too
well with their capacity to rig election. They are not for one man, one vote.
They have been importing people into the state.
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