by Ranti Joseph
The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) said that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan in the South West have hatched a plan to make the March 28 elections in the geo-political zone inconclusive, having realized that they cannot deliver the zone to the PDP as they have promised.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its spokesperson, Lai Mohammed, APC said the plot was conceived at a meeting held in the Ondo State Government House on March 13 and attended by Governor OlusegunMimiko and the Coordinator of the Jonathan Campaign, Tokunbo Modupe.
It said those planning to disrupt the elections are working with the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and have trained and armed a number of youth with guns and other weapons, in addition to providing many of them with military and police uniforms, which was earlier alleged were being sewn in the capital of a state in the South West.
APC said the highly-disruptive and armed protest by the OPC in Lagos on March 16 was a dress rehearsal for the plan to be executed across the states in the South-west stating the PDP has compiled and forwarded to the Police Anti-Cult Squad the names of APC youths in all the Wards in Ondo State so they can be arrested and locked up before, during and after the elections.
“As a matter of fact, funds have been provided to the Police Anti-Cult Squad to expand its detention facility, and work is going on at the facility as we write. The reason for these actions is that, despite the massive infusion of illicit funds to bribe individuals and groups in the South West, the PDP and its agents in the region have realized that their strategy has backfired and even given the people more impetus to vote against the ruling party,” it said.
APC therefore called on the security agencies, especially the police and the State Security Service (SSS) to shun partisanship in carrying out their assigned responsibilities to prevent any individual or group from disrupting the elections, irrespective of their political leanings.
“Let’s be clear: In the event that the security agencies fail to carry out their duties, we will hold them, as well as those behind the plot to disrupt the elections, totally responsible for any disruption in the polls. They will also be held responsible for any act of violence or intimidation against the opposition,” APC warned.
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