The ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) has hit back
at complaints by the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the
deployment of operatives of the Department of State Service
(DSS) ahead of next Saturday's Osun State governorship
election.
PDP described such allegations as "shameful" and "disgusting"
and an attempt by the APC to deceive Nigerians.
The party said in fact, the APC governor of Osun State, Rauf
Aregbesola, had formally requested for their deployment.
APC recently raised concern the operatives from the DSS were
terrorising
residents.
"Nigerians may recall that last Friday, the National Publicity
Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed issued a statement
querying the presence of DSS officials in Osun state. We find in
this statement the height of
hypocrisy, especially as it is incontrovertible that it was the Osun
APC governor who, in a letter dated July 4, 2014 and addressed
to the Director General of the DSS, requested for the deployment
'for the purpose of security and general protection ahead of the
forthcoming governorship election in Osun state' and 'to help
secure peace and make the election hitch free, as security is
beefed up for the election," PDP said in a statement.
"It is therefore shocking and utterly despicable for the APC to
turn round to point accusing fingers at the PDP and the
Presidency when the DSS officials arrived and commenced their
duties in line with the request of the governor. While Nigerians
have continued to express shock over this act of deception, we in
the PDP ask; is it a question of APC dishing out statements
without cross-checking internally? Or is it a question of the party
adopting lies deceit and propaganda as ideology? These
questions have become necessary given that the APC has
become infamous for
fabrications as means to curry the support of unsuspecting
Nigerians."
The weekend elections are seen as a two-horse race between
PDP and APC, whose officials could not be reached for comment.
at complaints by the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the
deployment of operatives of the Department of State Service
(DSS) ahead of next Saturday's Osun State governorship
election.
PDP described such allegations as "shameful" and "disgusting"
and an attempt by the APC to deceive Nigerians.
The party said in fact, the APC governor of Osun State, Rauf
Aregbesola, had formally requested for their deployment.
APC recently raised concern the operatives from the DSS were
terrorising
residents.
"Nigerians may recall that last Friday, the National Publicity
Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed issued a statement
querying the presence of DSS officials in Osun state. We find in
this statement the height of
hypocrisy, especially as it is incontrovertible that it was the Osun
APC governor who, in a letter dated July 4, 2014 and addressed
to the Director General of the DSS, requested for the deployment
'for the purpose of security and general protection ahead of the
forthcoming governorship election in Osun state' and 'to help
secure peace and make the election hitch free, as security is
beefed up for the election," PDP said in a statement.
"It is therefore shocking and utterly despicable for the APC to
turn round to point accusing fingers at the PDP and the
Presidency when the DSS officials arrived and commenced their
duties in line with the request of the governor. While Nigerians
have continued to express shock over this act of deception, we in
the PDP ask; is it a question of APC dishing out statements
without cross-checking internally? Or is it a question of the party
adopting lies deceit and propaganda as ideology? These
questions have become necessary given that the APC has
become infamous for
fabrications as means to curry the support of unsuspecting
Nigerians."
The weekend elections are seen as a two-horse race between
PDP and APC, whose officials could not be reached for comment.
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