President Goodluck Jonathan on
Saturday said there is no going
back in the deployment of troops
for this weekend’s governorship
elections in Osun State.
He said the essence is to
checkmate or severely deal with
persons who want to engage in
violence or electoral malpractices.
Jonathan spoke in Osogbo, Osun
State capital during a campaign
rally of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) candidate for the
election, Iyiola Omisore.
He was obviously referring to calls
by the All Progressives Congress
(APC) against the deployment of
soldiers for the polls.
The President, who recalled that
10 members of the National Youth
Service Corps (NYSC) were killed
in the violence that erupted in
some states during the 2011
general elections, pledged that
security agents won’t allow a
similar situation in Osun State.
“We will not allow that. We will
make sure that Osun State is
properly policed.
“Whoever calls himself a thug or
whatever and finds himself in
Osun state that day will be dealt
with according to the law.
“It will be one man, one vote; one
woman, one vote; one youth, one
vote.
“We asked you to queue up to
register and vote and some people
now say we should not deploy
security so that they will come
and snatch ballot boxes. You must
say no to that”, Jonathan declared.
He told the crowd that gathered at
the Osogbo Township Stadium
that PDP had more democratic
credentials than any other party in
the country, with other parties
struggling in vain to catch up.
“They can’t compare with us on
transparency in selecting our
candidates”, said Jonathan as he
urged the Osun electorate to give
him and Vice President Namadi
Sambo, whose birthday coincided
with the day of the rally, a special
birthday gift by voting massively
to elect Omisore as the next
governor of the state.
Jonathan described Omisore as a
grassroots man, unlike those who
stay on hilltops and look down on
the masses, adding, “We will work
together to develop this state. We
allow the people to select who will
represent them.
“We need maximum cooperation
from everybody to make Osun
state work and to develop. All we
ask of you is to vote Omisore and
leave the rest to us.”
In his remarks, Sambo recalled
that he had known Omisore for
over 40 years; and he remains one
of the best electrical engineers in
the country, with other public
service credentials that make him
qualified to be the next governor
of Osun State.
He therefore implored the people
to give Osun a new lease of life by
returning the state to the party
that it rightly belongs to for faster
progress and more development.
Chairman of the PDP, Adamu
Muazu, and Akwa Ibom State
governor, Godswill Akpabio, also
called on Osun voters to elect
Omisore and the PDP to steer the
affairs for the state for good.
Also at the rally were Deputy
Speaker Emeka Ihedioha;
Governor Gabriel Suswam; PDP
Board of Trustees chairman, Tony
Anenih; Police Affairs Minister,
Jelili Adesiyan; other cabinet
members including Olajumoke
Akinjide, Musiliu Obanikoro; Ekiti
Governor-elect, Ayo Fayose; PDP
chieftains; Femi Fani-Kayode,
Teslim Folarin, Bode George, Erelu
Obada, Kema Chikwe, among
others.
However, APC in its reaction, said
it was not moved by the crowd
that graced the PDP rally in
Oshogbo.
Director of the Bureau of
Communications and Strategy,
Office of the Osun State Governor,
Semiu Okanlawon, said the PDP
rally was empty, that it left the
few who paid attention to what
the leaders wanted to say
bewildered.
According to Okanlawon, what PDP
did with its “so-called” mega rally
was to at best, just register its
presence in the state, having
discovered that their candidate
has no chance in the electoral
contest of August 9.
Kunle Oyatomi, Osun APC Director
of Publicity, Media and Strategy,
described the rally as a mere
jamboree, stressing that majority
of the supporters that attended
were not from Osun, but from
other South West states.
Meanwhile, the United States
Agency for International
Development (USAID) has denied
claims that it conducted an
opinion poll that favoured the
Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP)
and its candidate, Senator Iyiola
Omisore.
Acting Public Affairs Officer of the
US Consulate General, Lagos,
Rhonda Watson said that the
agency did not conduct opinion
poll on the forthcoming
governorship election.
It would be recalled that the PDP
had claimed that the agency
conducted a poll on Osun
election, which the PDP was
favoured to win.
The agency refuted the claim and
described it as lie adding that “No
USAID poll was taken in Osun”.
Quoting a one-paragraph
response from USAID, Democracy
and Governance Team, Abuja, the
United States Agency categorically
said, “None of USAID Peace and
Democracy Governance
Implementing Partners (P/DG IPs)
support or plan to support any
election related opinion polls in
Osun.”
The APC had contacted the USAID
to provide it with a copy of the
findings of the PDP alleged poll for
verification, to which the agency
responded that no such poll was
conducted.
The party in a statement issued
and signed Oyatomi, described the
claim as false story.
The APC therefore described the
PDP in Osun as a band of liars
who cannot be trusted with the
finances of the state.
Similarly, the APC has also alleged
that the PDP is conspiring with
some staff of INEC official to
hatch a plan to rig the August 9
gubernatorial election in Osun
State.
In a statement issued on Saturday
by its National Publicity Secretary,
Lai Mohammed, the party alleged
that some INEC IT staff has
allegedly handed over the entire
electoral register for the state to a
Special Assistant to a top PDP
national official, with a view to
manipulating it to disenfranchise
many voters.
According to Mohammed, ‘’For
those who may see this as
outlandish, they should recall that
an INEC official tampered with the
voters register used during the
last gubernatorial election in
Anambra State to remove the
names of many voters”.
APC said the plan to tamper with
the electoral register for Osun,
coupled with INEC’s delay in
issuing Permanent Voter Register
to registered voters, especially
those who are APC members in
the state, highlight the
desperation of the PDP to win the
forthcoming governorship election
at all cost.


http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/08/going-back-troops-deployment-jonathan/

***"The President, who recalled that 10 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) were killed in the violence that erupted in some states during the 2011 general elections, pledged that security agents won’t allow a similar situation in Osun State."***




Oya, Aregbesola, come with your juju make we see.

He wants to use the same method he used in ekiti, but this time around he would fail woefullly cos that great Aare Aregbesola ain't no gentleman at all!

You people are challenging th almighty president. I laugh.

kai! Dis our presido get sense die. No more snatching of balot boxes.

if d security are many like Ekiti state election, the election will be free and fair. who is tug?

thegoodone2: if d security are many like Ekiti state election, the election will be free and fair. who is tug?

Why APC is afraid of free and fair election? They've been clamouring for it thinking they are popular with the people. I'm sorry in advance for APC.

All we want is free, fair and credible elections in the country.

We do need the army there... No chance for violence against innocent corpers...

hmmmmmn...I cant wait for dis osun election...its going to be a pointer to 2015 elections especially in swest.....if apc win, den it will give dem some balance afta d ekiti debacle, if on d contrary pdp carried d day, den d political tsunami wl sweep every oda state in d region, even lagos shuld beware...it gona be very intresting...front page tinz....

APC just preparing for d fall by giving excusses before d election

myola: APC just preparing for d fall by giving excusses before d election

They haven't seen anything yet.

APC IS OSUN, OSUN IS APC

#THEY ONLY STATE THAT ACN WON IN 2011

PDP having a field day...it all ends 2015 so continue enjoying your looting while it lasts.

Why
president jonathan is trying to brainwash or decieve Nigerian's? he
said some corpers lost their life during 2011 general election due to
insecurity, Accepted. The vulnearable question is simple. Anambra sate
gubernatorial election was conducted last year november, Why soldier was
not deployed to the state? d lives of people living are less concern to
Mr. president? or is anambra state not part of Niferia?

mubalex50: Why
president jonathan is trying to brainwash or decieve Nigerian's? he
said some corpers lost their life during 2011 general election due to
insecurity, Accepted. The vulnearable question is simple. Anambra sate
gubernatorial election was conducted last year november, Why soldier was
not deployed to the state? d lives of people living are less concern to
Mr. president? or is anambra state not part of Niferia?

My friend shut up and go to sleep if you don't know what to comment, every dick and Harry won follow insult president, nonsense

GPA5: APC IS OSUN, OSUN IS APC

#THEY ONLY STATE THAT ACN WON IN 2011

That was 2011, Long time ago,

mubalex50: Why
president jonathan is trying to brainwash or decieve Nigerian's? he
said some corpers lost their life during 2011 general election due to
insecurity, Accepted. The vulnearable question is simple. Anambra sate
gubernatorial election was conducted last year november, Why soldier was
not deployed to the state? d lives of people living are less concern to
Mr. president? or is anambra state not part of Niferia?

Were you in Anambra during the election?

GPA5: APC IS OSUN, OSUN IS APC

#THEY ONLY STATE THAT ACN WON IN 2011

CHIEF PLS CAN U THROW MORE LIGHT ON THIS

iamodenigbo1: CHIEF PLS CAN U THROW MORE LIGHT ON THIS

IN 2011 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. ACN WON ONLY IN OSUN STATE

GPA5:

IN 2011 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. ACN WON ONLY IN OSUN STATE

THOUGHT YOU ARE REFFERING TO D GUBER ELECTION