Decibel: Governors of the states currently
being controlled by the All
Progressives Congress, and other
leaders of the party held a closed-
door meeting in Osogbo, Osun State
to restrategise on how to save the Osun State Governor, Rauf
Aregbesola, from losing the state in
the upcoming August 9
governorship election. Details of the meeting, which was
held at the Government House,
Osogbo from Wednesday night until
around 2.30am on Thursday was not
disclosed to journalists who kept
vigil at the venue of the meeting. However, the National Deputy
Chairman of the APC in the South, Mr.
Segun Oni, who briefed journalists
after the meeting said the leaders of
the party were ready for the election. He said the APC would prevent the
PDP from repeating what they did in
Ekiti State. Asked what the party was doing to
save the Adamawa State Governor,
Murtala Nyako, from being removed
from office, Oni said the party would
make known its position on it very
soon. Some of the governors who were
present at the meeting included,
Governor Raji Fashola of Lagos State,
Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, and
the host governor, Aregbesola. Others included, Osun State Deputy
Governor, Mrs. Titi Laoye-Tomori;
Senator Chris Ngige, Senator
Babafemi Ojudu, National Publicity
Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed and Alhaji Kawu Baraje. Oni said, ” What happened in Ekiti
was a new dimension to election
rigging. We will not allow that to
happen here. “Ekiti election is a new dimension to
election rigging in Nigeria, but we as
a party will challenge the outcome.
We have seen and studied the
election’s outcome and for posterity
sake we know the election is not the will of the people. “APC is going to defend the
constitution of Nigeria and we shall
start that with the election in Ekiti
State. We won’t allow the election in
Osun State to go the way of Ekiti. “The congratulatory message of
Governor Kayode Fayemi does not
deprive us from exercising our
rights. The Governor of Ekiti State
said ‘if this is the will of the people of
Ekiti, we are not going to against it’ and we are still sure that that is not
the will of the people. “Osun will not go the way Ekiti went,
God will not allow it to go that way.” Fashola and Ameachi declined to
speak to journalists. Ngige said Osun State belonged to
the APC. He added that the party
would do everything to retain the
state. He said the party was not jittery
because of the outcome of the
election in Ekiti State but he said that
the party would not allow the PDP to
rig out the APC candidate this time. Mohammed, on Wednesday issued a
statement where he alleged that
President Goodluck Jonathan was
spending the $20bn missing oil fund
to prosecute the Osun governorship
poll for the PDP candidate. But the Publicity Secretary of the PDP
in Osun State, Mr. Bola Ajao,
described the allegations as
spurious. He said the party had resorted to
fabricating lies and feeding the public
with the same, because it had
become obvious that the people of
the state had moved against “their
deceits.” He said, “This is APC sinking ship
diplomacy. Sanusi (former governor
of Central Bank) who made that
spurious allegations has a date to
keep with Financial Reporting
Council of Nigeria. ” Aregbesola on whose behalf they
are acting has got appointment date
with police on his fake police report
saga . ” As for the APC in the South West, it
is on the way to the exit door. APC
has overstayed its welcome.”

Governors of the states currently being controlled by the All Progressives Congress, and other leaders of the party held a closed-door meeting in Osogbo, Osun State to restrategise on how to save the Osun State Governor, Rauf
Aregbesola, from losing the state in the upcoming August 9 governorship election.

“The congratulatory message of Governor Kayode Fayemi does not deprive us from exercising our rights. The Governor of Ekiti State said ‘if this is the will of the people of Ekiti, we are not going to against it’ and we are still sure that that is not the will of the people.