Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State,
Governor, Rauf Aregbesola of the APC, has asserted that he was battle
ready for the PDP.
The governor said he was prepared to face the ‘acid test’ of the Peoples
Democratic Party,
insisting that he will win the election by popular votes. He further
stated that the PDP does nor have the backup of the masses like him.
Speaking on Saturday in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, Aregbeaola warned the PDP against rigging the governorship election.
He said, “I’m a product of the popular forces; by popular forces, I
mean the people. I emanated from them, I’m a product of their struggle.
I’ve interacted on a daily basis with the people from the outset of my
administration. They know me and I know them. I have affected their
lives through populist programmes.
“I’m from the street and it is easy for me to
go back to the street because that’s where my people are. Can they (PDP) go to the street?
“They don’t know who they are facing; my real
home
is the street. Look at me, do I look like a governor? That’s why I call
my administration government unusual because we need to bring passion
and vision into governance and break away from stagnating ways of doing
things.
“Let’s meet on the street. My administration has the full support of the masses.”
However,
the Minister of State for Defence, Mr. Musiliu Obanikoro, has vowed
that the PDP would stop the APC from rigging the election.
According
to him, “We are not here to capture Osun. We want people to come out
without any fear or intimidation and cast their votes.
The noise, the
hullabaloo that you are hearing is because they want to rig. We know
them too well with their capacity to rig election. They are not for one
man, one vote. They have been importing people into the state.”
(
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