Osun: APC Accuses Police Boss Of Giving Cash To Security Agents To Skew Election

The All Progressives Congress
(APC) has accused the new Police
Commissioner in Osun State, of
distributing cash to police
personnel and soldiers so they can
work to give the PDP victory in
Saturday’s governorship election in
the State.
In a statement issued in Osogbo
on Friday by its National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
the party said Maishanu
distributed the money after
addressing the police personnel
and soldiers at the NYSC camp in
Ede on Friday, during which he
told them point blank that his
mission is to ensure PDP’s victory
at the elections.
It said the new police boss gave
every police officer present 50,000
Naira; other ranks 30,000 Naira
each and every non-commissioned
soldier 45,000 Naira.
”We salute the courage and
patriotism of some security agents
who gave us this valuable
information, and who have vowed
never to do anything to subvert the
country’s constitution and its
democracy, whether or not they are
being lured to do so with filthy
lucre.
”The fact that there are still good
men and women even in the
security agencies that have
become highly-partisan gives us
hope that our country’s democracy
will survive this unprecedented
assault from those who swore an
oath to uphold the constitution of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria,”
APC said.
The party wondered where the
Police Commissioner got the huge
amounts of cash he gave away so
casually in order to use security
agencies to thwart the will of the
people.
It said even as the police boss was
sharing out the money in Ede,
Chris Uba, a hireling of the PDP,
was setting down in Osogbo with
the 50 troops he was given from
Enugu with the mission to use the
result sheets already given to him
to manipulate the results of the
election, as well as to harass and
brutalize any APC member who
would not let the PDP carry out its
rigging plan, earlier exposed by the
APC, during Saturday’s election.
”Where else in the world will the
government give a man who is not
in the military 50 troops to
command, for the purpose of
rigging an election? It is now very
clear that the PDP’s desperation
to win at all cost in Osun is right
from the top! Now, neither the
Chief of Army Staff nor the
Inspector General of Police can
exonerate themselves from the
PDP’s rigging manual.
”And of course the man behind all
this is President Goodluck
Jonathan, who keeps assuring the
international community of his
commitment to free and fair
elections even as he continues to
lead the process of subverting
credible polls. After all, the
President is responsible for the
conduct of all public officials
appointed by him.
The party said those who are
colluding with the desperate PDP
to subvert democracy today must
realize that power is transient, and
that in the fullness of time,
everyone will account for his or her
actions.
”Today we may be in opposition,
but that position itself is not
permanent. This is why we have
consistently fought for our
nation’s democracy to survive. We
remain confident that with the
support of Nigerians, the PDP’s
evil machination, whether in Osun
or anywhere else, will fail,” it said.