Omisore: Action Congress Charges INEC To Be Fair
Nov 4th, 2009 | By admin | Category: NEWS
Action Congress (AC) in Osun state has expressed concern over the on-going connivance between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the recently sacked Senator Iyiola Omisore towards the ordered rerun election for Osun East senatorial district.
A release signed by the Director of Research and Strategy of AC, Hon. Sunday Akere said the party is worried by the disturbing rumours making the rounds as to the extent of un-holy alliances, secret meetings and nocturnal arrangements holding between INEC top chieftains in the state and removed Senator Omisore.
Akere said the AC has been inundated with series of reports of how the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, (REC), Rev. Dansu have been meeting with Omisore and his counterpart in Osun West senatorial district, Alhaji Isiaka Adeleke (who not minding his usurpation of the people’s mandate parade himself as Chairman Senate Committee on INEC) since the Court of Appeal annulled the election that brought Omisore to the Senate on the ground of widespread malpractices, irregularities and wanton violence.
According to the AC chieftain, the state is awashed with the information of a meeting the removed senator held with the Osun REC at the Oke’fia Government House on Monday in which he noted that the content of their discussion was said to have been based on the modalities by which the rerun election will hold, especially to his favour.
Akere who said the town was filled with the story of how Omisore boasted in Ile-Ife at the weekend that he was going to influence the choice of the date of the rerun election which will not go beyond the end of November. Omisore was said to have stated that quick holding of the rerun election was necessary so that he can return to the Senate early enough to sit over consideration of the 2010 appropriation bill.
Akere also noted that Omisore and Adeleke were said to have met twice since the judgment, both at Abuja and Ede where, expectedly, they were said to have discussed how to ensure that victory was awarded to Omisore again at whatever cost.
Most disturbing is the continued romance of INEC which has been behaving as if it can not do without making itself available for use by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in carrying out its electoral duties which it should owe to the corporate existence of Nigeria as a nation.
It is sad that INEC has subjected itself to subordinations to the machination of PDP, bothering on the ruling party mentality and some filthy lucre. This attitude of INEC, Akere pointed out is what has brought the electoral process in Nigeria to the abyss and sorry pass to which it has been since.
Akere thus called on INEC to be more careful in the way it handle things concerning the electoral process generally in the country and especially the arrangement for the rerun elections ordered in some constituencies in Osun state. Hon. Akere insisted that his party will not accept any arrangement that will put Omisore, the PDP or any of its other candidate at an advantage over his party and candidate Hon. Babajide Omoworare during the rerun election.
The Action Congress in Osun state, Akere said will not condone any collusion and connivance that will compromise the conduct of free and fair elections that will bring odium and ridicule to Nigeria as it has done in the case of Ekiti state rerun of April 2009.
Akere added that the AC will stop at nothing, especially that which is legal to ensure that the electoral system in Nigeria is not allowed to go into electoral perdition which the evil collusion of PDP and INEC may bring it to.
Akere in conclusion also called on the security operatives to live up to the peoples expectation by ensuring a violence free election as information abound that Osun PDP is already training thugs at several secret locations for deployment during he court ordered rerun elections. Osun AC condemned in strong terms the purported release of Police helicopter for use by leading PDP stalwarts during the Ekiti rerun which now make them to boast around that the Police top hierarchy is in their pocket. Only the assurance of a crisis free, fair and transparent election unlike the one witnessed during the Egbedore rerun will be acceptable to us.
HON SUNDAY AKERE,
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH & STRATEGY,
Action Congress (AC) Osun State
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God is greater tan them. I am of the opinion that though they (PDP) are planing to rig again but God will not allow them to succeed. Let’s all pray for their failure this time around because if they succeed again then the electorates are in trouble. The morales of the good people of the state towards enthronement of good governance will be damped. The leadership of the opposition and the pro-democracy activists should not allow the repeat of Ekiti 2009 re-run saga to happen in Osun State o. God helps Nigeria.
Ijesa people should be careful this time. If they allow Oyinlola and pdp to bring yeye vote from their land, it will be a disaster.
What am saying essentially is IJESA people should get prepared now to fight because if they relax INEC and PDP will bring vote that will return omisore to senate from Ijesa land ofcourse you know the implication of this.
Sign: You will see that their campagn in Ijesaland will be serious.
no way for them by God grace, Ijesa people pls guide your election this time around and make sure you vote fully for the AC. God will protect our people for us and omisore will lose totaly Ameen
And this REC calls himself a Reverend????????? Only God knows His own true servants.
Is it not an irony that the senator representing the SYMBOL OF OSUN LIBERATION, Aregbesola, [before he was sacked] is the People rejected Omisore?
Let the A.C brace up for a big political challenge. The emancipation process can start from this re-election. Let’s prove it to Omisore, Adeleke, Dansu, Oyinlola and others that Osun people especially ife/ijesha are not elements to be manipulated anyhow. This is beyond mere press statements. it involves ACTION.
pls people of osun state be at alert at all for this re – run election expecially people from Ife/ijesa zone be viginat bcos if you read through the vangaurd 6th november, 2009. you will see how the omisore boost on the re -run pls dont allow him to go back to upper house again, by watching and vote masively for omoworare.very soon Aregbesola will gain his mandate be given to him by the grace of Almighty Allah
My prayer to God is dat b4 rerun of omisore i want judgement should be delivered btw adeleke vs hussein
They wil surely be punish after wil gain our mandate
A.c pls vote 4 osogbo local govt.
THe Action Congress in Osogbo should be more watchful for PDP not to put pebbles in their rice.A word is enough for the wise.
I think AC need to start campaign fast and also need to orientate the good citizen of the senatorial district. I was in Osogbo when Peter Babalola (Peter Power) rode out in an escorts of jeeps on Wednesday in preparation of his ambition and also the re-run election.
l think INEC suppose to use the oppourtunity of this re run election to redeem their image in Osun State.They belong to all Nigerian not PDP but if they like let them do otherwise.God is in even………………………………………………
im quite sure that INEC can never change,they wiill always want to play side with PDP.i know PDP must be planning topaly the politics they klnow how to play.i want to beg allthe voters to stand on their toes to say NO to riggiong