Oyo ACN slams PDP over attacks on Southwest governors

[TheNation]

 A GROUP in the Oyo State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Asiwaju Leadership Forum (ALF), has decried the media war against Southwest governors by ousted Governors Olagunsoye Oyinlola (Osun), Segun Oni (Ekiti) and Senator Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In a statement by its Publicity Director, Sikiru Akinola Oranmiyan, the group accused the PDP of planning to cause mayhem in the state through the publication of false information during the first anniversary celebration of the Governor Abiola Ajimobi administration.

It urged security agents to on the alert, alleging that PDP has a plan to disrupt the celebration, using ACN souvenirs and T-shirts.

ALF said PDP is intimidated by the performance of the ACN, which “has relegated PDP to the dustbin of political history”.

It said: “We have uncovered plans by the PDP to cause mayhem in the region to pave the way for a state of emergency. One of their plans, which failed, was the connivance of the PDP leaders with some security agencies and the allegation that Governor Rauf Aregbesola is planning to secede and Islamise Osun.

“Though, there are Intellectuals in the PDP, most of them are educated illiterates. They are not better than garage boys. They do not read books and are not conversant with current affairs.

“We urge them to consult government textbooks to know what it takes to secede and make a state a mono-religious entity.

“We believe in the manifesto of the ACN, as it has been bettering the lot of the masses since the party assumed leadership in the Southwest and Edo State.

“PDP’s ‘mainstreaming’, which we practiced for eight years, did not only bring pain and disaster, but the culture and essence of the region was repudiated.  

“The most glorious days of the Yoruba were during the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s era, when we were practicing regionalism. If those vagabonds had not sold the Southwest to the PDP, our region would have been well developed.

“Though, we are vindicated by Speaker Aminu Bello Tambuwal’s comment when he visited the State of Osun, we urge President Goodluck Jonathan to investigate the uncouth behaviour of Omisore, because this was what happened before Chief Ajibola Ige was murdered.

“We will not fold our arms and allow some persons, who were rejected in their respective areas during the polls because they do not have electoral value, to denigrate the status of our revered ACN leaders.

“The silence of the President on the utterances of the PDP stalwarts portends danger for our nascent democracy. We are battle ready against people who ran their state into abject poverty.

“It is a surprise that those who misgoverned their states are seeking political relevance through untrue political statements.”



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