The Ayo Fayose Campaign Organisation (AFCO) has described the Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, as “one of the dangers to democracy in Nigeria”.
That is going by his utterances, especially his call on the All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters to attack security agents with charms and amulets during the August 9, 2014 governorship election in the state.
Also, the Goodluck Solidarity Mandate (GSM), Ekiti State chapter, has faulted the statements credited to the governor and the President, Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria, Mallam Shehu Sani, that election was fraught with irregularities.
AFCO also condemned the comment by Aregbesola that the election was manipulated to favour the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr Ayo Fayose.
The Director General of AFCO, Chief Dipo Anisulowo, said in a release issued yesterday in Ado-Ekiti that Nigerians should not be surprised that Aregbesola could describe an election that was applauded by the whole world as the best in the history of electioneering in Nigeria as fraudulent, adding that the governor was only expressing his fear of losing the power that he got through judicial manipulation.
The Fayose Campaign Organisation also described Aregbesola’s claim that the election, which Fayose won convincingly was fraudulent, as “a function of fear of an impending defeat onAugust 9, 2014 that has enveloped the minds of Aregbesola and his All Progressives Congress (APC) cohorts in Osun State as a result of the party’s scandalous loss in Ekiti to the PDP last Saturday.”
While urging Nigerians to ignore Aregbesola, AFCO said; “It is shameful that some people whose mouths should naturally be padlocked still speak on elections in Nigeria.
“Isn’t it funny that Aregbesola, who has never won any election in Osun State, but was imposed through a court judgment that cancelled results in 10 out of 30 local councils in Osun State is the only one talking about Ekiti election being fraudulent?”
Speaking further, Anisulowo said; “It is obvious that Aregbesola is afraid, having seen the failure of reliance on thugs to rig election during last Saturday’s election. “We are aware of his thugs known as ‘State Boys’ that he brought to Ekiti last week, but were rendered useless by the heavy presence of security agents.
“We have also heard the governor openly encouraging and inciting violence by openly saying that ‘any security officer who misbehaves will know that we are children of Oduduwa while asking members of his party to come to their polling units with charms and amulets.’
According to the State Coordinator of GSM, Mr Stephen Oladipupo and Secretary, Olaiya Bosede, Nigerians should not be cynical that something good could come from the country.
Source: New Telegraph
