The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has described some inciting leaflets allegedly being circulated by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as "a grand design to smear his image."
Addressing residents in his palace yesterday, Oba Adeyemi debunked allegations against him in the leaflet.
He urged the people not to be distracted by the "character assassination ploy" of the PDP, but to "remain focused in the struggle for liberation from the claws of the inhuman administration of Oyo State Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala."
Oba Adeyemi said he was unperturbed, but would continue to strive towards the development of Oyo and its environs.
On Saturday, the name of the ACN House of Representatives candidate for Oyo Federal Constituency and 50 others were not found on the computer list of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at Ward 8 polling centre in Oyo town.
The Presiding Officer, Mr. Moshood Aderibigbe, saved the situation, when he ordered that the names be checked on the manual list.
Also on Saturday,three suspected political thugs were arrested by soldiers in Oyo town.
The thugs were arrested with guns, charms, fake army uniforms and PDP vests, loaded in a vehicle without plate numbers.
The criminals were intercepted at Ibekun in Ago-Oja, Atiba local government area, following a tip off.
They were said to be on a mission to disrupt the National Assembly elections, which were later cancelled.
A chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Alhaji Lasisi Ayankojo, said: "The criminals are not from Oyo town. We want to know the details; where they came from, who sent them and what their mission was? We urge security agencies to ensure that they are prosecuted."
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