The acting chairman of the All progressives Congress (APC) in Oshodi Isolo local government, Hon Saheed Animashaun has described the write up on the internet of the death of a man during the just concluded primary election in the local government as the handiwork of a "failed chairmanship aspirant" who wants to discredit the process since he couldn't win the election.

Hon. Animashaun made this known on Saturday at the Akinniku Secretariat of the party while fielding questions from members of the first estate of the realm that visited the party office to verify the claim.

He said contrary to the claim of the failed aspirant, the election was peaceful in all the 7 wards of the local government, as party faithfuls trooped out en masse to elect their candidates for their respective wards as councillors as well as the chairmanship flag bearer in the forthcoming local government election in the state.

According to the astute politician "it's so sad that an aspirant who failed at the primary could be instigating falsehood to discredit the process. For the sake of clarity , there was no single incident of violence before, during and after the primary elections. Members freely chose their candidates without molestation from any quarter. Ours is a democratic party and all our actions are in tandem with democratic ethos."

Continuing " there are three police divisions in the local government where discerning members of public can verify the falsehood of this aspirant. For the umpteenth time, there was no incident or fracas as witnessed in some local government areas of the state, talk less of death. It's on this note that I want to sound a note of warning to desperate pseudo politician masquerading as true progressive to desist from running down the party all in his morbid attempt to discredit the process that has just been concluded peacefully."

The party chieftain also commended members of the party in the local government for conducting themselves peacefully and responsibly during the primary election, promising that the party will always be ready to avail them the platform to actualise their political dreams

I guess the pictures circulating on social media were fake then. Smh