Aregbesola-and-Omisore
Fresh facts have emerged on the basic reason why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the August 9 governorship election in the State of Osun, Senator Iyiola Omisore, approached the state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal for the nullification of the election result.
A reliable source within the PDP leadership in the state revealed that the petition filed before the tribunal was aimed at ensuring that members do not leave the party, having lost the election.
The incumbent governor and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate at the election, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, defeated Omisore with 387,257 votes to 285,925 votes, as the former won in 22 local government council areas, while the latter won in only eight council areas. It was gathered that at the post-election meeting of the PDP leaders, there was a division, as some of the party leaders suggested that they should approach the tribunal for redress, while some countered the suggestion on the basis that there was no justification for it.
One of the party leaders at the meeting reportedly conceded that Aregbesola defeated their candidate gallantly and there was no reason to go to court because there would be no evidence to back such case up. He suggested that instead of wasting time in the court, the party should go back to the drawing board to prepare for 2015 general elections, and plan on how it would have a certain percentage of PDP members in the House of Assembly that would be frustrating Aregbesola.
Another party leader however, disagreed and said that if something urgent was not done to boost the morale of members, the party might lose a very large percentage of its members, especially to the APC. He reportedly said:
“Don’t forget that we have assured our followers that we would win this election by all means and if something urgent is not done, nobody would believe us again.
“There is nothing wrong in going to court, even if we don’t have a case, at least, to tie our members down by giving them hope that something is in the offing”, he said.
At the end, it was unanimously agreed that the party and its candidate should file a petition before the tribunal against the election to tie the members down.It was also agreed that the leadership of the party should go further by finding ways of compromising some staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who are in charge of the election materials used for the election.
This officials would assist them to void some of the votes of APC and add more to the PDP, with a view to misleading the tribunal to arrive at a decision that would favour the PDP.
Be prepared!!! @folabright Source
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