A chieftain of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Ondo
State, Barrister Tolu Babaleye, alleged on Tuesday a secret plot by the
Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, and the Minister of Solid
Minerals, Kayode Fayemi, to have members of the party arrested
commencing the same day.
Speaking during a press conference, Babaleye said the plot was
perfected in Akure on Saturday after the All Progressives Congress (APC)
campaign grand finale which was attended by President Muhammadu
Buhari ahead of the governorship electoral battle.
Babaleye said the plan is to arrest key leaders of the party,
including the Director-General of the Olusola Oke campaign outfit, and
incarcerate them until after the election. He stated that the opposing
APC adopted the plan after they saw defeat staring them in the face as a
result of what he described as the “soaring” popularity of the AD
candidate.
He said Buhari as a democrat should not allow desperadoes, hiding
under the presidential seal, to commit an electoral heist that would
implicate his government, and called on the APC-led federal government
to rein in their members to forestall the country’s democracy from being
truncated.
“President Buhari is a democrat and we have unflagging confidence in
his ability to conduct free, fair and credible polls in Ondo State.,” he
said. “But with the way things are going, it seems Amosun, Fayemi and
others are desperate to ensure that the dream of Ondo people is
shattered and this will cast a cloudy impression about the ability of
the federal government to hold credible elections.”
Describing the plan, he said that as a prelude to the APC’s plan,
ex-governor Fayemi had deployed to Ondo State all his foot-soldiers,
including those who served under him as Chief of Staff and Special
Assistants during his tenure in Ekiti to prepare a propitious ground to
effectively hatch their sinister plot.
“Just like we have always been reiterating, these anti-democratic
forces will meet a stiff resistance in the collective resolve of Ondo
people, who are ready for a free and fair poll that would throw up a
candidate that represents the wishes of the people.”
Babaleye asserted that the plan is to arrest the AD’s key leaders,
including those perceived to be giving tacit supports to Oke, and take
them to Abuja for prosecution in order to destabilize his party’s
“well-oiled and well organized campaign outfit,” which he characterized
as a hurricane blowing across Ondo State.
He declared: “The people’s power is mightier than any power. The
coalition of evil forces against Oke, who is now the God and people’s
candidate will fail. It is sad that those who [were] victims
of electoral rigging in the past are now constituting themselves as the
troubles of Israel and the full wrath of God awaits them.
“No matter the evil machinations, Oke stands like a rock of
Gibraltar. He is unshakable because democracy is a game of numbers and
we have the people behind us”, he concluded.
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