Oyo Politics: APC Alleges PDP on Planned Attack During Presidential Campaign
The All Progressive Party, APC in Oyo has alleged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state of a possible attack on their Presidential campaign slated for Tuesday, January 7, 2023.
Oyo APC Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, in a statement issued at the weekend and made available to journalists in Ibadan presented that the APC Presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed- Tinubu, and his team are set to launch a campaign at the Mapo Hall in Ibadan.
Following this, the party revealed that it will go ahead with the planned campaign despite the biting effect of the fuel and naira scarcity bedeviling the country as well as the uncovered plot to truncate their campaign by the ruling party of the state.
According to the statement, Senator Bola Tinubu, his vice presidential candidate, Sen. Kashim Shettima, APC national chairman, Sen. Abdullah Adamu, Gov. Simon Lalong as well as governors of APC extraction across the 36 States among other APC political bigwigs in the country are expected to be there
The statement reads:
“We have uncovered the satanic plot by the PDP in the state to unleash its home-grown terrorists against members of the public who might want to troop out and welcome Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to Ibadan on Tuesday. The execution of the said plot, which is aimed at discrediting the peaceful conduct of the rally, has been put in the hands of a close aide to Gov. Seyi Makinde (names withheld)and the Chairman of the State Park Management System, Mr. Mukaila Lamidi (a.k.a Auxiliary).
“Impeccable sources have it that Lamidi has been given a huge sum to enable him to mobilize defenselessly and to equip them with dangerous weapons with which they would attack defenceless people at random to create fear and panic on Tuesday. Among places designated for the unprovoked attacks are; Iwo-Road, Agugu, Monatan, Alakia, Labiran, Molete, Challenge, Ojoo, Sanngo and few other places in Ibadan. In the same vein, the leadership of the PMS has been directed to order commercial bus owners and drivers to withdraw their vehicles from the road on the rally day to frustrate people coming from outside Ibadan.
“We could have ignored the threat of violence coming from the PDP but for their unenviable record of brigandage and senseless killing. Just last week, the same set of people inflicted pain and agony on the whole of Igangan town in Ibarapa North Local Government Area when Gov. Makinde led his team from Ibadan on a campaign tour of which recorded fatalities. We recall that the criminal elements who obviously enjoy the backing of the state government have been fingered in some cases of violence in which some lives were lost while others received varying degrees of injury.
“A prelude to the execution of the evil plan was recorded on Saturday when one Riliwan Lamidi (son to Mukaila Lamidi Auxiliary) led a team of thugs to attack some private citizens employed to install campaign billboards of Tinubu/Shettima around Iwo Road interchange in Ibadan. The notorious gang shot sporadically at the other target whose only sin was tied to working with the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Sen. Teslim Folarin.
“Also, we have good information regarding the sponsorship of violent protests in major parts of Ibadan by Oyo PDP this Monday (today). However, we are using this medium to assortment masse the public especially patriots and supporters of Asiwaju come out enmasse as adequate security is being worked out to guarantee the safety of lives and properties while we also appeal for calm in view of the prevailing circumstance in the country as the moment of renewed hope is almost here.” APC stated.
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