Osun election: APC accuses new police boss of giving cash to security agents to skew election in favour of PDP The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the new Police Commissioner in Osun State, of distributing cash to police personnel and soldiers so they can work to give the PDP victory in Saturdays governorship election in the State. In a statement issued in Osogbo on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said Maishanu distributed the money after addressing the police personnel and soldiers at the NYSC camp in Ede on Friday, during which he told them point blank that his mission is to ensure PDPs victory at the elections. it said the new police boss gave every police officer present 50,000 Naira; other ranks 30,000 Naira each and every non-commissioned soldier 45,000 Naira. We salute the courage and patriotism of some security agents who gave us this valuable information, and who have vowed never to do anything to subvert the countrys constitution and its democracy, whether or not they are being lured to do so with filthy lucre. The fact that there are still good men and women even in the security agencies that have become highly-partisan gives us hope that our countrys democracy will survive this unprecedented assault from those who swore an oath to uphold the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, APC said. The party wondered where the Police Commissioner got the huge amounts of cash he gave away so casually in order to use security agencies to thwart the will of the people. It said even as the police boss was sharing out the money in Ede, Chris Uba, a hireling of the PDP, was setting down in Osogbo with the 50 troops he was given from Enugu with the mission to use the result sheets already given to him to manipulate the results of the election, as well as to harass and brutalize any APC member who would not let the PDP carry out its rigging plan, earlier exposed by the APC, during Saturdays election. Where else in the world will the government give a man who is not in the military 50 troops to command, for the purpose of rigging an election? It is now very clear that the PDPs desperation to win at all cost in Osun is right from the top! Now, neither the Chief of Army Staff nor the Inspector General of Police can exonerate themselves from the PDPs rigging manual. And of course the man behind all this is President Goodluck Jonathan, who keeps assuring the international community of his commitment to free and fair elections even as he continues to lead the process of subverting credible polls. After all, the President is responsible for the conduct of all public officials appointed by him. The party said those who are colluding with the desperate PDP to subvert democracy today must realize that power is transient, and that in the fullness of time, everyone will account for his or her actions. Today we may be in opposition, but that position itself is not permanent. This is why we have consistently fought for our nations democracy to survive. We remain confident that with the support of Nigerians, the PDPs evil machination, whether in Osun or anywhere else, will fail, it said. Alhaji Lai Mohammed National Publicity Secretary All Progressives Congress (APC) Osogbo, Aug. 8th 2014
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 07:47:54 +0000
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