The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has alleged that the state All Progressives Congress (APC) has launched a statewide insurgency agenda and a fictional security report that had been made to create a false security alarm.
The party had also alleged that the plans were hatched to boost its petition to relocate the Osun Election Petition Tribunal sitting from Osogbo to Abuja.
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The party chairman, Akindele Adekunle, made this revelation in a signed statement on Saturday in Osogbo. Adekunle in the statement had also revealed that the APC had also written a petition to the President of the Court of Appeal while asking that the Tribunal sitting at Osogbo be relocated to Abuja on the ground of insecurity.
“Security reports from across the agencies, however, disputed the APC claims, affirming that Osun is peaceful and that there are no threats to the safety of lives and properties. All the false concoctions from Famodun is a desperate but failed bid to paint Osun as a State in conflict and conflagration.”
“We warn that all the unfounded allegations levelled against PDP by Famodun are clearly the insurgency agenda APC is already implementing starting with attacks on PDP offices, later party officials and what we learn may even involve attempt on the lives of the Governor-elect,” it stated
“Across the local governments, APC obviously procured thousands of guns with many armed miscreants in the state. It is on records that Asiri Eniba and his men were arrested on the eve of the election with high calibre guns. Proactive action by security agencies had saved Osun from mayhem openly boosted about by APC leaders.
“Ever since the conclusion of the election, Osun APC has not hidden its desire to create conflict to deny the realisation of the will of the people. Security agencies have arrested several leading APC thugs while many have been flushed out of their hideouts. Severally, APC has not hidden its affiliation with these agents of darkness whom it defended and even referred to as APC members.”
While claiming to be a peaceful party, Osun PDP maintained that it had never procured guns and had anything to do with thugs before, during and after the July 16, 2022 gubernatorial election in the state.
