Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has said that he is prepared to
face Peoples Democratic Party forces in the August 9 governorship
election, insisting that he will win the election by popular votes.
Aregbesola, who spoke in Osogbo, on Saturday, warned the PDP
against rigging the governorship election. According to him, the PDP
does not have the support of the masses like him.
When asked how his party would react if there was an attempt by
security forces to restrict its leaders and members, Aregbesola said
nobody could stop the people of Osun from exercising their civic
right.
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.”
But the Minister of State for Defence, Mr. Musiliu Obanikoro, said the
PDP would stop the APC from rigging the election.
Obanikoro, who spoke with our correspondent in Osogbo, on Saturday,
accused the APC of planning to rig the election, stressing that the
PDP would resist the alleged attempt.
On the allegation that the PDP is planning to militarise Osun
governorship election, Obanikoro explained that there was the need to
provide the electorate with a level playing field devoid of harassment
and intimidation.
He said, “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.”
SOURCE : www.punchng.com/news/im-ready-for-pdp-forces-aregbesola/

Typical of yorober politician. He failed to satisfy the people instead he went ahead to satisfy the bank account of those in bourdillion now he is jittery.

Koro is Minister for elections abi?

could this be fear in display or bravado too early? let the people decide.