The Peoples Democratic Party has alleged the murder of one of its ward leaders in Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun State, Nasiru Ajasa, ahead of the governorship election holding in the state on Saturday.
The Chairman of the PDP in Osun State, Mr Soji Adagunodo, who said this at a press conference in Osogbo, on Tuesday, also claimed that the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state had concluded plans to instigate arrests of 52 prominent leaders of the opposition party and the plans to rig the election.
He said the party had written a petition to the Inspector General of Police on the killing and the alleged plans to arrest PDP leaders ahead of the election.
The PDP chairman said this just as the Action Democratic Party also raised the alarm over the alleged plan to instigate arrests of leaders of the party in order to destabilise the party ahead of the Saturday poll.
The ADP, whose candidate in the poll, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, resigned from the cabinet of Governor Rauf Aregbesola also accused the APC of planning to rig the election in a statement issued by its Chairman on Information and Strategy, Mr Ayobami Fakeye.
The PDP claimed that Ajasa, who was also the chairman of the Nigeria Automobile Technicians Association, Egbedore branch, was chased from a pub and killed by those he claimed to be APC thugs.
Adagunodo said despite the report made to the police, no arrests had been made concerning the killing.
The opposition party’s chairman also claimed that the APC had perfected the plans to use fake soldiers and fake corps members to assist them in subverting the wish of the people during the poll
Adagunodo said, “In the last two weeks, there had been several attempts on the life of our candidate, Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke, by people suspected to be thugs on the payroll of the APC leadership in Osun State. The attempts were manifested through coordinated attacks on the campaign rallies of the PDP in Osogbo, Ikirun and Ede. In spite of the various complaints by our party against these acts, the police have not deemed it fit to arrest any of the culprits or provide extra security for our candidate or at our rallies.