Ekiti State Governor-Elect Dr. Ayo Fayose has described the Osun State
Governor, Rauf Aregbesola as “one of the dangers to democracy in Nigeria.”
Fayose in a release through his campaign Organization said Aregbesola’s
utterances, especially his call on APC supporters to attack security
agents with charms and amulets during the August 9, 2014 governorship
election in the State is “shameful”
The Fayose Campaign Organisation, described Aregbesola’s claim that the
last Saturday governorship election, which the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) candidate, Dr Ayodele Fayose won convincingly was fraudulent, as “a
function of fear of an impending defeat on August 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 lost Ekiti to
the PDP last Saturday.”
The Director General of AFCO, Chief Dipo Anisulowo, who issued the release
said that Nigerians should not be surprised that Governor 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.
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.”
He said; “Isn’t it funny that Aregbesola who has never won any election in
Osun State, but was Salamically 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 the last Saturday 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.’
“Aregbesola has also called on his ‘State Boys,’ whom he has armed to
attack security agents before and during the election, not to be rattled
by security agents.
“Therefore, it is understandable that Aregbesola can never see the free,
fair and transparent election that the entire world saw in Ekiti. But we
are sure that the same God that liberated Ekiti people from the APC’s
deceitful government will also liberated the people of Osun State on
August 9, 2014.”