The All Progressives Congress in Osun State has accused
the Peoples Democratic Party of planning to connive with
some officials of the Independent National Electoral
Commission to void some of the votes already credited to
Senator Babajide Omoworare.
Omoworare, who contested on the platform of the APC won
the election to represent Osun East Senatorial District at the
Senate but the PDP candidate Mr. Francis Fadahunsi, who
came second had vowed to contest the result at the
tribunal.
The Chairman of the APC in the state, Mr. Gboyega
Famodun, alerted the Resident Electoral Commissioner in
Osun State of the alleged ploy by the PDP in a letter, a copy
of which was made available to our correspondent in
Osogbo. On Thursday.
Famodun urged the REC to order INEC officials in Osun East
Senatorial District to move electoral materials used for the
election to the INEC office in Osogbo for safekeeping.
The letter read, ” Information reaching us has suggested
that PDP is planning to collude with some unscrupulous
elements within your establishment to “void” some of our
votes or thump-print some more ballot papers in favor of
PDP. We are not just unnecessarily edgy.
“We have thread this path before. The cases of Honourable
Abiodun Awolola (Egbedore State Constituency), Honourable
Muritala Adegboye Akintunde (Osogbo State Consituency)
and Hoourable Nathaniel Agunbiade (Ijesa North Federal
Constituency) are too recent to be forgotten.
“In those matters, we verily believe that the ballot that were
cast for us were voided in the custody of INEC. We do not
have any iota of confidence in INEC on this matter.”
But the Secretary of the PDP in Osun State, Mr. Bola Ajao,
denied the allegation while speaking to our correspondent
on the telephone.
He said, ” We have never been found culpable in doctoring
of election result or documents and we will never be
involved in it.
” They are jittery because they know full well that the so
called mandate of Omoworare was fraudulently procured
and what was done in the secret will soon be blown open.
” The mandate belongs to Fadahunsi and he would be given
back his mandate through legal means at the appropriate
time.”
It will be recalled that one of the newly elected members of
the House of Representatives from the state, Mr. Wole Oke,
who is a chieftain of the PDP had last week alleged that one
of his opponents was planning to void the votes already
credited to him during the poll.

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