Oyo APC alleges plot to stampede judiciary in guber legal tussle

They’re only expressing their plan, says PDP

As attention shifts to the Supreme Court for the final
resolution of the controversy surrounding the conduct of the 2019
gubernatorial poll in Oyo State, the All Progressives Congress
(APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have been accusing each
other of plan to stampede and sabotage the judiciary.

The APC alleged that the PDP had been planning to stampede the
judiciary while the ruling party in the state said the opposition
party was only exposing itself.

A statement yesterday by its Assistant Publicity Secretary,
Ayobami Adejumo, the APC raised the alarm that it had uncovered
plans by the Makinde camp to embark on sponsorship of street
protests, media write-ups and broadcast media content aimed at
creating an overwhelming impression that Makinde won a free and
fair mandate and any attempt by the judiciary to act on its
findings would spark public unrest in the state.

The party also alleged that it had uncovered plans by Governor
Oluseyi Makinde and the PDP to heat up the polity with a view to
stampeding the judiciary and whipping up undue sentiments.“In
demonstration of their desperation to hold on to a stolen mandate,
Governor Makinde and his lackeys have concluded plans to devote
enormous resources of the state to certain activities aimed at
misleading the Supreme Court over the all-important case before it.
In fact, the arrowhead of the plot is a turncoat currently serving
in the PDP government and who is popular for constituting a
nuisance in the mass media at any given opportunity.

“As much as we would not make any attempt to pre-empt the apex
court and discuss the case before it, we are optimistic that
justice would be done very soon.”But in a swift response, the PDP,
through its Publicity Secretary, Akeem Olatunji, said that the APC
was only expressing their plan. He said: “Probably they are only
expressing what they are planning. God will expose them. They
should allow the judiciary to do its work. Everybody knew who won
the last governorship election. The verdict on the Oyo State House
of Assembly held in the same day that were upheld led credence to
this.“What the APC couldn’t get through the ballot box, the party
wants to get it through court. But men of the judiciary are men of
integrity.”