Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC-led administration in the state remains committed and united, regardless of decampment from the party.
This was as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has declared that APC is jittery ahead of the September 22 governorship poll in Osun State. Governor Aregbesola said the gale of defection cannot, in any way, affect the victory of the party, saying APC remains strong on account of its wide acceptance by the people.
Aregbesola made the statement, on Saturday in Ilawo, Ejigbo Local Government while addressing a crowd of APC loyalists at a special Sallah celebration organized by the Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Hon. Najeem Salaam. He said: “This defection has made us know those that are genuine with us and those not with us.”
APC jittery ahead of Osun gov poll, says PDP Meanwhile, the PDP, in a statement by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Prince Diran Odeyemi, said the rate at which those it described as “true patriots and critical stakeholders in the affairs of the state”, is moving out of the party has created fear in the ranks of the APC. The PDP advised APC and its “collaborators” to perish the thought of rigging the poll, saying the people of Osun have not hidden their resolve to protect their votes, even at the risk of their life.
The statement reads in parts: “It is obvious there is growing anxiety in the ranks of the APC in Osun State ahead of the governorship poll because of gains the PDP has recorded dislodging the tormentors of Osun. “The apprehension is not out of place. The APC is however not relenting in its resolve to rig the governorship poll. We, however, warn the party that Osun indigenes and the PDP family will not allow rigging as it was done in Ekiti.” “We are ready to protect our votes, even at the risk of our lives. We won’t allow what happened in Ekiti here in Osun.”
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