Electoral Malpractices : Your allegations against APC, Abiodun, unsubstantiated – Oladunjoye

Damilola Ajibola

The State Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tunde Oladunjoye, has faulted the allegation of over voting made against the party by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in a petition written against his party.

News Contact Online recalled that the PDP had written a petition against APC and Prince Dapo Abiodun over alleged electoral violence in the March 18 governorship election.

Oladunjoye in a reaction to a news item that the Police findings on the allegations indicted the APC and Abiodun said, “If you have monitored events dispassionately since after the elections and you have read and digested the report you are talking about, and  dutifully covered proceedings at the Tribunal, you will know that there is nothing to  the  police report and there is no indictment on our party, APC. 

“Even the report states expressly that the allegation of over voting made against APC by the PDP was not substantiated. Also check the dates to confirm the deceit of the petition by these sore losers.

” The police report stated specifically under number Eleven of its findings: 

 “That contrary to the claims of some of the witnesses brought forward by the PDP, Daniel Obadamilare, Adesina Sakiru, Dauda Kamil and Ogunleye Francis, their claims of vote buying cannot be substantiated as they were unable to mention the POS agents thaA

were alleged to have converted the cards to cash for them.”

“The Police Report Concluded that: 

“The APC has denied the allegations leveled against them by presenting evidences such as the Official Gazette and the Executive Order establishing the Ogun State Social Investment Program, presenting Local Government Chairmen as witnesses to its functionality at the grassroots, presenting beneficiaries of the social investment program as witnesses and

also a sample of appointment letter given to the SIOs (Social Investment

Officers).”

“Please contrast this with the proven case of vote buying against PDP for which Ladi has been charged to court and currently at large from the law. The petition by PDP and fugitive Adebutu is as a laughable afterthought, a campaign after elections, containing false allegations that were not even listed in their petition before the Governorship Election Petition  Tribunal. After failing to get it in through the back door at the Tribunal, they are now touting, marketing and circulating same trite allegations and unwisely citing a police report that actually indicted the PDP, its officials and its defeated candidates as liars who made unsubstantiated allegations against  the  APC and the Governor.”