The All Progressives Congress candidate in the
Osun governorship election, Governor Rauf
Aregbesola, has alleged that no fewer than 150
members of his party were either harassed or
detained by security agents on election day.
Aregbesola spoke while voting at Ogbon Arugbo
Ifofin in Ilesa, on Saturday.
He alleged that some APC agents were not given
identification, which prevented them from
monitoring the process.
He said, “The tags supplied by INEC to agents
were not adequate and this deprived some of our
agents of monitoring the electoral process. APC
agents were specifically not given identity card
cards to ensure that the rules of are well
followed. If Federal Government continue to
abuse our agents with security men, the result
will not be friendly.
“I cannot say for all, but some the security
personnel behaved in manners and ways that
contradict their uniform. You will recall that
there has been arrival of force for more than a
week to intimidate the voters. As I speak to you
150 APC members including leaders and
supporters have been molested and militarised.
“Even the Attorney General was manhandled and
I am not sure he participated in the election
process. Also, Commissioner and chairmen of
council is in detention without any charge levelled
against them, which is an mimical action. What we
are witnessing is a bastardised democracy.”
He wondered what the intention of the Federal
Government could be for deploying soldiers in
the state, saying the freedom of Osun indigenes
was placed under force.
The governor said, “Democracy in Osun is under
the siege of Gun. We don’t really know the
intention of the Federal Government here. We
don’t know if the bring the force to intimidate us
here or for security. People should be allowed to
dictate who they want to lead them without
force.
“When I got to the voting centre with my family
around 10.30am to 11am, what I witnessed was
commendable and I hope it is thesame
experience that I have that others witnessed in
other part of the state.”
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