The Osun State Government on Friday accused the Peoples Democratic Party in the state of making good its plot to create confusion around the premises of the Court where the Osun State Election Petition Tribunal has been sitting.
A statement by Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s Media Aide, Semiu Okanlawon, stated that sequel to a false accusation against Governor Aregbesola by the PDP two days ago over a purported plot to bring hoodlums to pose as members of the judiciary workers union and prevent lawyers and members of the tribunal from gaining access into the premises, a fairly large population of hoodlums loyal to the PDP actually stormed the premises of the court on Friday and created confusion also around the Government House premises.
The statement recalled that the government had called on security agencies in the state to view PDP’s false accusation against Aregbesola two days ago as an indication of the party’s own plot to unleash violence on innocent people of Osun State and the need to arrest anybody who breaches the peace of the state under whatever guise.
The statement said after the failure of the PDP’s hoodlums to unleash violence on innocent people, they resorted to baseless and wild jubilations, claiming that the tribunal had declared their candidate, Iyiola Omisore, winner of the August 9, 2014 governorship poll.
The statement by Okanlawon said: “It is startling how PDP leaders, their members and sponsored hoodlums could go to town jubilating over a non-existent verdict. The parties to the petition only made final submissions to the tribunal.
“Expectedly, the tribunal adjourned sine die (indefinitely) in order to return at a later date to announce its judgment date.”
The statement advised members of the public to dismiss PDP’s claims and view it as just another in the litany of the party’s lies and manipulations.
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