Osun state Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday raised the alarm, accusing the All Progressive Congress (APC) of putting the state under siege and setting up a killer squad in the state to unleash terror on its members ahead of the March 18th, House of Assembly elections in the state.
The Chairman of the party, Dr Akindele Adekunle, who raised the alarm at a press conference held in Osogbo added that the APC had equally imported notorious armed thugs from Lagos to be disguised as police operatives to cause mayhem and unrest in the State during the exercise.
According to him, “to the dismay of our party, these armed men were ferried into the state and were received at the private home of the national secretary of the All Progressive Congress, who from good authority, handed the armed men handouts of leaders and members of the PDP to be arrested and detained for no just cause. ”
“We call you to raise alarm on an ongoing unjust, unfair, draconian and dictatorial raid and arrest of PDP leaders across Osun state.”
“As I am addressing you today, PDP leaders are being hunted and arrested in Gestapo style across Osun State, houses of our leaders are being surrounded and raised even without search warrants. Where our leaders are not at home, their families are arrested and their cars taken away on various false pretexts.”
The PDP in a statement signed by its chairman, caretaker committee, Akindele Adekunle and made available to newsmen in Osogbo, called on the security agencies to stop any attempt by the suspected hoodlums to disrupt the polls.
“We are in possession of reliable reports of political thugs mobilised by the All Progressive Congress now arriving in various parts of Osun State.
“In a countdown to the election day on Saturday, Osun State is witnessing the influx of armed men and women whose sole goal is to violently disrupt the peaceful conduct of the election.
“It is already in the public domain that thugs imported from Lagos are already lodged at various hotels in Osun, including Blue Petals Hotels very close to the seat of government at Abere.
“We have reports that such daredevil hands have been deployed to various zones, including Iwo zone where a PDP party agent was shot at and Osogbo axis where the residence of the governorship candidate of Labour Party was attacked. The increasing number of attacks and the unchecked activities of thugs across the state pose serious danger to the peaceful conduct of Saturday elections.
No comments:
Post a Comment