2023 Polls: Osun PDP Raises Alarm On Plan To Disenfranchise Northerners
Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP has raised alarm on the plan of the Independent National Electoral Commission in connivance with the All Progressives Congress APC deny electorates fro the Northern States of Nigeria the right to elect their leader come 2023 general elections.
Addressing newsmen in Osogbo at the weekend, Osun PDP Caretaker Committee Chairman, Dr Akindele Adekunle alleged that seemingly compromised INEC is planning to use Osun as a test field for the big fraud being planned for the 2023 general elections.
According to him, INEC is already providing fraudulent technical assistance to either render PVCs inactive by deactivating them ahead of the elections, and or get the cards cloned for use of APC poll mercenaries in active connivance of INEC top echelons.
“Credible intelligence at our disposal suggests that INEC, in collaboration with jittery APC, are plotting to flood the July 16 governorship election with fake or doctored Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS). This is with a view to disenfranchising as many voters as they can, especially in areas considered to be PDP strongholds.
“We, by this briefing wish to alert Nigerians, especially at this time people are clamouring for leadership change in the country that INEC seems not ready as election management institution, to make votes count.
“It is noteworthy that Osun is just being used by seemingly compromised INEC as a test field for the big fraud being planned for the 2023 general elections”.
Extensive findings by our party have uncovered a grand plot to build on the planned electoral sacrilege in Osun to disenfranchise millions of prospective voters in the 2023 Presidential election, especially in the northern part of Nigeria.
“The dangerous plot by INEC in cahoot with some habitual fraudsters in APC, is to ensure deployment of fake BIVAS, after being significantly tampered with, to create a premeditated, chaotic accreditation processes in PDP strongholds, thereby preventing Nigerians in that part of the country to effectively elect a leader of their choice, while tampering with or deactivating all security features on the accreditation device to allow for a free for all voting processes in another part of the country.
“This is what INEC and APC are planning to test run in Osun State. Hence, their desperation in snatching voter cards from unsuspecting residents of Osun state, and the reluctance of INEC to release thousands of newly printed PVCs to registered voters in the state.
He further alleged indiscriminate arrest of members of PDP in Osun and gave the state police command 24 hours ultimatum to release all PDP members picked up in various local governments and detained unlawfully to avoid untoward reaction from the people of the state.
