By Rotimi Ojomoyela
Ado-Ekiti
Ekiti state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of planning to rig the June 21 governorship poll because it has lost the hope of winning the election democratically.
The Party’s Secretary, Dr Tope Aluko made the statement in Ado-Ekiti yesterday while reacting to a statement credited to the APC national leader, Senator Bola Tinubu, that the PDP had concluded plan to rig the election.
According to a press statement issued by Aluko and made available to the press, he said that all that the APC had done, the multiple registration, falsifying of figures and how it had procured voter’s cards for forigners it imported to the state during voter’s card registration exercise have been uncovered by the PDP.
Aluko said,” I want to assure Tinubu that Ekiti people are fully prepared to roast to ashes any APC member whether in Ekiti or thugs imported to rig the poll or cause mayhem. Tinubu should understand that this is Ekiti State and not Lagos and the APC should never think it possess monopoly of violence. This is a stern warning to Tinubu.
“At the appropriate time, we will expose the frauds which the APC has done in connection with active support of Ekiti INEC.”
On the persistent attack of PDP members and supporters during campaign tour by the party’s governorship candidate, Mr Ayo Fayose, the PDP scribe said that the police had been informed and if nothing is done about it, the party will take the matter to Abuja.
According to him,” We have always prevailed on our supporters not to retaliate and you know there is limit to everything. The APC want to set the state ablaze, cause pandemonium so as to discredit results of the election. That is their plan and that won’t succeed.”
