PDP taking over Osun, is just a mere dream – says Osun Speaker

The Speaker of the State of Osun House of Assembly, Honourable Najeem Salaam, has said that any attempt to perpetrate violence in the August 9 governorship election in the state would be massively resisted. He spoke in Ejigbo, his hometown, on Saturday shortly after participating in the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship primary election in his Ejemu, Ward 4, Ejigbo Local Government.

Honourable Najeem Salaam,

The incumbent governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, unanimously emerged the candidate of the party through the primary election. Saying that the exercise was another testimony that the people of the state love Ogbeni Aregbesola, Salam stressed that it was also an indication that there is no amount of effort by the opposition that could prevent the people from exercising their voting rights. Reacting to the insistence of the opposition PDP to take over government by all means, he described the insistence as a mere dream, just as he noted that there is no amount of force, intimidation or harassment that can take the love the people have for Aregbesola away. The speaker who also described the comment of the National Chairman of the PDP, Adamu Mu’azu, that it is a difficult task to unseat Aregbesola as realistic, said, “whoever wants to come with violence will be resisted with all the legal capacity that we have.
“Some people are still dreaming that they will take over and I’m sure that from their slumber, we will wake them up in August 9. “There is no amount of force, intimidation or harassment that can take the love the people have for Aregbesola away. “They are busy bodies that do not have anything to do, other than to spread rumours and lies.
“In a free and fair election, there is nobody to challenge us in Osun, as we are fully on ground, but we are entertaining a fear because of the activities of the Minister of State for Police Affairs who hails from Osun.
“If they can attack a former governor within their party, we must be careful, as it shows they want power at all cost, even when people don’t want them”, he said. Salaam then urged the security operatives not to be partisan, but provide peaceful environment for the people to have free and fair election.
Also speaking, a member of the Senate, representing Osun West Senatiorial District, Senator Mudashir Husain, maintained that the party would ensure that the election is peaceful, free and fair.
In their remarks, some members of the state House of Assembly also said the Assembly would resist any form of violence that any politician or individual might want to unleash on the electorate in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state. They opined that the election would be one man, one vote, as the people of the state have been enlightened on how to exercising their franchise.