OSUN APC, PDP TRADE WORDS OVER ALLEGED PLANNED ATTACK ON INEC OFFICE

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has accused the All Progressive Congress, APC, of plotting to attack Osogbo INEC office to destroy BVAS machines used during the July 16th Governorship election.

According to a statement issued in Osogbo by the State Caretaker Chairman of the party, Dr. Akindele Adekunle, the PDP said credible reports at its disposal reveal that the arson attack is to target the strong room where the machines were kept at the Osogbo office of the electoral commission.

“PDP urge the management of INEC to strengthen security protection for the state INEC office, “This threats should not be taken lightly especially after the open declaration of insurgency on the state by Mr Famodun”, the statement warned. 

The APC, Dr. Akindele posited, is desperate to get rid of any likelihood of admissibility of the BVAS Machines during ongoing hearing of the governorship petition at Osogbo, hence the alleged plot said to have reached advanced stage.

The statement further provided insight into the petition of the APC to relocate the Tribunal sitting to Abuja, noting that “the ruling party is scared of the expected ease of verification and consequent invalidation of its claim of over-voting if the Tribunal sittings continue in Osogbo.

The PDP asserts that the BVAS Machines remain the most credible tools for result verification. Due to their huge numbers and sensitivity of their content, moving them around especially to Abuja poses serious risk of compromise. Bringing them to the Tribunal at Osogbo is the best route to facilitating speedy, just and fair hearing of the petition before the Justice Kume led Tribunal. 

While reaffirming his party’s opposition to relocation of the Tribunal to Abuja, the PDP Chairman stated that the ruling party is searching for evidence to convince the Court of Appeal to approve the relocation, hence the false security reports issued from the defeated imagination of Mr. Famodun. 

REJOINDER:

In a swift response, the APC claims that the PDP’s claim that the party intends to set fire to the INEC State Headquarters with the goal of destroying the BVAS voting machines used in the state’s July 16, 2022 governorship election is untrue, laughable, gibberish, balderdash, and jabberwocky that is only befitting of a composition from an idle hand.

Kola Olabisi, the media adviser of the Osun State APC chairman, in a statement said the charge further supports the idea that not everyone who attends school is qualified to be considered educated.

“How on earth could someone who calls himself the state party caretaker chairman of a party be spreading such fallacies for reasons which could not be far from having an ulterior motive” the statement asks.

It states that contrary to the claims of the State PDP caretaker chairman INEC operates a central server in its national headquarters where the details of the governorship election are being safely kept.

‘The PDP chairman has to be further informed that no amount of crimes against any members of any state INEC office can skew the results of the governorship election”, the statement further reads

If notes Ondo State-born Osun State caretaker committee state chairman of the PDP who does not have a stake in the state should be mindful of false information coming from his cooking pot, stressing that the claim that the Osun APC is pushing for the governorship election tribunal to be moved to Abuja is merely a fabrication of the rumour monger.

The statement also clarifies that INEC, not the APC, is responsible for moving the tribunal, assuring that the party’s faith in the legal system is unwavering come rain or sun.

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