Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State yesterday said it has uncovered plan by the ruling Labour Party in the state to constitute a panel to probe the immediate past governor of the state, Olusegun Agagu.
The PDP also accused the LP of planning to investigate other political office holders who served at the local government level during the immediate past regime.
Addressing reporters in Akure yesterday, the chairman of the party, Omotayo Dairo, said the probe panel was being engineered to witch hunt Mr. Agagu, who is the senatorial candidate of the party in Ondo south senatorial district.
Mr. Dairo, who said his party was surprised that the probe panel was coming close to the election, said it was also targeted to keep two other candidates who had served as chairmen of local governments out of the race.
Other members of the PDP targeted by the panel, according to Mr. Dairo, are: Adedayo Omolafe(Expensive), PDP’s candidate for Akure south/ north federal constituency, and Albert Akintoye of Irele/Okitipupa federal constituency.
The duo, who served as council bosses, would be arrested alongside Mr. Agagu over trumped off charges, Mr. Dairo alleged. He also said that the PDP in the state has no confidence in the capability of the state police command to forestall the rising political violence in the state, in view of what he said are the spates of violence against members of the party.
Mr. Dairo also accused the government of using the judiciary to unnecessary detain their members over flimsy charges, just to keep them away pending the conclusion of the election.
“This attitude is not only cheap, but absolutely pedestrian. As a matter of fact, they have began the implementation of this sinister plan by already incarcerating members of our party,” he said.
However, the state government has denied the allegation, saying it was not planning to witch hunt any of the PDP candidates in the state.
The chief press secretary to the governor, Kola Olabisi, said the state government does not need the opposition party to tell it the time and the schedule of the probe panel.
“Agagu has dared us to probe him, saying his hands are clean. Why is he now afraid of probe? We have the inalienable right to set up a probe panel. It is our right to probe them and they cannot tell us the time and how,” Mr. Olabisi said.
The state government also dismissed the petition filed by Mr. Agagu before the National Judicial Commission over the Appeal Court judgement that invalidated his election. The government described the petition as an irresponsible exercise, saying the petition was “a mere rehash of the illogical questions unsuccessfully posed in the past.”
The commissioner for information, Ranti Akerele, said that the action of the PDP in the state further showed that they are suffering from poverty of ideas.
“We are amused that men who allegedly have benefitted from the services of lawyers could be wondering why the Petition Tribunal and the Court of Appeal did not give judgment in respect of elections in Local Government Areas where there were no judicial questions posed,” Mr. Akerele said.
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