Ekiti PDP faults APC’s claim on Osun election

The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has faulted the All Progressives Congress for saying that Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s victory in the recently concluded Osun State election pointed to the fact that the Ekiti election, which produced Ayo Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner, was manipulated. The EKiti PDP said the statement credited to the state’s APC chairman, Jide Awe, in which he claimed that Aregbesola retained his seat in the August 9 election because the PDP was unable to manipulate the poll like it did in Ekiti, lacked logic. In a statement issued by the Ekiti PDP Publicity Secretary, Kola Oluwawole, in Ado Ekiti on Sunday, the party said the APC had by the comment, shown that it would never see anything good in other people not sharing its political belief. He said, “By now, we are sure that Nigerians, and even outsiders familiar with political developments in the country and who are not bought over by the propaganda machinery of the APC, would have seen the doublespeak and the double standards in the party. “The APC is only interested in destroying whatever does not favour it. The Ekiti June 21 election was adjudged credible, free and fair by local and international observers.” The PDP spokesperson added that the accusation by the APC that the Ekiti poll was militarised could not hold water. “This is what we are saying. In Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, their man, lauded the presence of security agents during his election. He even went to thank President Goodluck Jonathan after he won, saying the presence of military men dissuaded people from fomenting trouble,” the PDP said.