A fresh crisis between the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress, APC has taken a new dimension.
The PDP in Osun State has moved to stop a proposed candle light procession APC is organising for the late Bola Ige in the state.
Mr. Bola Ajao, the Publicity Secretary of PDP in the state, claimed that the proposed procession is aimed at breaching peace and orderliness in Osun State, hence the PDP will not allow it happen.
He stated that “The Osun PDP is aware of a clandestine plot consummated between Ogbeni Aregbesola and a Nobel Laureate to mobilise an army of occupation; a harvest of vulnerable youths, kit them in black costumes and vests with the inscription ‘Who Killed The Man.’
“These miscreants from among those whom we had earlier advised that should be put on security watch list are billed to embark on a candle-light procession.
“The security agencies are hereby enjoined to be on top of the public order requirement of their engagement. When a group of hapless youths are clone like Boko Haram initiates to be asking, ‘who killed the man’, the palpable question is “which man”, is it Olagbaju in Ife, Agunmo gara in Ilesha East, Flamingo in Ikirun and so on?
“It is the ensuing diverse reactions that may lead to the breach of the public peace, law and order as it takes two to tango. They may think they are wooing the masses; they are indeed sowing the seed of their comeuppance.
“This idea is sheer madness. It will cause pandemonium and chaos. It is a wild goose chase. It is an ill wind that will blow no one any good. Osun State should not be made to become a theatre of the absurd,” Ajao explained.
But this move has sparked controversies among members of the two political parties. Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, the Director of Research and Publicity of the APC, argued that “The PDP is a victim of its own conscience. If anybody is planning a vigil to commemorate the vicious killing of a prominent Nigerian, why should that bother the PDP?”
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