Osogbo—SCORES of Osun State citizens were yesterday
said to be warming up towards participating in today’s
rally in support of Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s
impeachment, according to the organisers, Civil
Societies’ Coalition for Emancipation of Osun State,
CSCEO.
According to the group at a press briefing held in Osogbo
yesterday, over 20 civil and faith based societies who
are members of CSCEO are already mobilising their
members towards the mass rally.
The group’s Chairman, Comrade Adeniyi Sulaiman Alimi,
gave the names of association ready for the rally as The
Voices, KIMPACT, Centre for Human Rights and Social
Justice, Grassroot Democratic Network, Christian
Initiative for Nation Building, Christian Leadership
Mobilisation and Better Future Initiative.
Others are Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), Justice,
Development and Peace Commission Movement (JDPCM),
Positive Movement, Good Governance Support Group,
Democratic Socialist Movement and Conference of
National Political Parties (CNPP).
Alimi explained that over three petitions including the
one sent by a state serving judge, Justice Folaranmi
Oloyede, calling for Aregbesola’s probe and
impeachment are presently before members of the state
House of Assembly and the Economic and Financial
Crime Commission (EFCC).
Hold Omisore, PDP responsible – APC
Meantime, the All Progressives Congress in the state has
called on security agencies to hold the governorship
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator
Iyiola Omisore and his party responsible for any breach
of the peace in the state.
The party, in a statement by the Directorate of Publicity,
Research and Strategy yesterday said it was aware of
plans by a group of profiteers who were being sponsored
by Omisore and his party to unleash violence on the
state, using the issue of workers’ salaries as camouflage.
‘’ Specifically we must alert the whole world to a threat
issued by Omisore on June 14 this year at the secretariat
of the PDP in Osogbo where he promised members of his
party that he was prepared to make this state
ungovernable for Governor Rauf Aregesola.
‘’ We are therefore certain that the crisis being
orchestrated in the state is to get what the people of
Osun denied him through a democratic process on
August 9, 2014. This was his resolution after the
Supreme Court decision which finally sealed his
ambition through a pronouncement on May 27, this
year.
‘’ We are using this medium to inform the public and the
media to be wary of activities of this set of opportunists
who are the real profiteers behind the undeserved focus
on Osun among the more than 20 states that are
currently facing salary challenges.
‘’ The APC government under Aregbesola in Osun has
been having very fruitful negotiations with the labour and
we can therefore say without any contradiction that the
labour has no hand in this proposed protest.’’
APC, sinking govt passing buck – PDP
The PDP in response said; “PDP observe with disillusion
the allegation by Aregbesola and his paid agents that
Otunba Iyiola Omisore and PDP are sponsoring workers
to protest unpaid salaries.’’
A statement by the PDP spokesperson in Osun state,
Prince Diran Odeyemi added, “It is unfortunate that the
sinking government still be engaging in buck passing
when he should be busy looking for money to settle
unpaid salaries and allowances of workers.
“In the last one week, we have not issued any statement
because we observe workers are rising to the occasion
to fight for their rights.
“We are not involved as a party, Omisore is not involved
and will never be party to any act of lawlessness but we
demand from the governor to explain if he has paid
these workers.
“Have they been paid their salaries? If no, whatever the
steps they take inasmuch as such is within the ambit of
the law, nothing can stop workers from demanding for
their rights.
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