National Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said the consequences of the alleged plan to rig the
governorship election in Osun by Peoples Democratic Party will be grave.
Oyegun gave this clear warning in
Osogbo on Thursday at a news conference he addressed on alleged plan to
manipulate Saturday’s governorship election in favour of the
PDP. He the APC had uncovered the manual that was prepared by the PDP on
how to rig the election for its candidate. continue...
The rigging plans were contained in
two documents which are now in the custody of the APC. Oyegun added that
the PDP had planned to unleash mayhem as an alternative plan.
The APC chairman exonerated Chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, of the plan to rig but he
said that the PDP made its plan in collusion with some unscrupulous officials
of the INEC.
He said, “Jega is sitting on an
iceberg and he does not know what is under. I sympathise with him. The
consequences of rigging this election will be undesirable.”
He said, “We have uncovered a secret document marked “Highly Confidential,” that contains outline of plans to rig the election, polling unit by polling unit, using pre-programmed ballot papers already designed and thumb printed with vanishing ink in favor of PDP.
The APC gave the breakdown of the
self-allotted figures as contained in the document as follows: “Atakumosa-East
(10,000); Atakumosa-West (10,000), Ayedaade (15,000), Ayedire (10,000),
Boluwaduro (5,000); Boripe (10,000); Ede-North (10,130); Ede-South (10,000);
Egbedore (10,000); Ejigbo (15,000); Ife-Central (35,000); Ifedayo (7,000);
Ife-East (33,018); Ifelodun (15,000) and Ife-North (20,000).
“Others listed in the rigging
document are: Ife-South (20,000); Ila (10,000); Ilesa-East (10,000); Ilesa-West
(10,340); Irepodun (10,007); Irewole (20,105); Isokan (10,000); Iwo (15,000);
Obokun (10,203); Odo-Otin (10,107); Ola-Oluwa (5,070); Olorunda (15,000);
Oriade (10,000); Orolu (7,936 and Osogbo (28,000).”
The APC chairman said everything
will go well if the votes of the people of Osun is allowed to count.
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