By Christiana Ekpa
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun state has called on the security agencies to close down All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat in the state, over the crisis that erupted on Saturday during the appeal committee seating.
This is as the opposition party alleged that the APC secretariat has become a place of war instead of party administration, adding that the call was necessitated to de-escalate the violence and commotion that has been associated with the APC ward congress and appeal Committee activities.
The PDP Publicity Secretary in Osun state, Ayodeji Areola, in a statement he issued on Sunday in Osogbo, expressed alarm at the turn of events in the APC where a ward congress became unmanageable with attendant violence.
It stated that the party is not surprised because democratic management of party affairs is alien to the APC, which the State PDP chapter said has resulted in the state being portrayed as the nation’s capital of negativity due to a ward congress degenerating to a dangerous level.
Expressing dismay at the failure of the state governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, to effectively manage the APC supporters, the party disclosed that the people of Osun had resigned to fate in the face of his unarguable cluelessness in managing state affairs.
It wondered whether violence remained the only dividend reserved for Osun and how the state governor could be at peace with the level of violence unleashed on the state by the factionalised state APC adding that the disregard for human lives was alarming.
The statement called on the warring factions in the APC to sheathe their swords in the interest of Osun people as the level of panic as a result of the sporadic gunshots by party thugs at the Ogo-Oluwa area of the state capital and other parts of the state on Saturday was sickening and condemnable.
“It is sad that economic activities in these areas were forcefully flagged down as people have to close shops to avoid falling victims of rampaging APC thugs and their bullets. It is indeed a sad turn of events in our dear state,” it read.
Osun PDP, while offering to assist the warring factions in the APC with civilised modes of approaching domestic issues in a political party, also sympathised with victims of the internal party crisis.
“We admonish the suffering masses not to cave into dejection at this time as the four-year ‘Remote Controlled’ regime is fast running out.
“Residents are instead advised to arm themselves with voter cards in the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in steady preparation to reverse the gear of the current shenanigans and reshape the state into a productive path,” it said.
