The hotel, it alleged, is owned by a chieftain of the party who is a current political office holder in the state and is now the training camp for thugs and other clandestine activities that would be imported into Ondo State by the party. According to the LP Publicity Secretary, Mr Femi Okunjemiruwa, the exercise codenamed “Operation Capture Ondo State” and which is being coordinated by a South-West Governor had earmarked N2.5million per each of the 203 Wards in the state for the massive buying of voters cards from the electorate at the initial stage. The money would be increased as the need arises in the next few days as the election draws nearer.
Says Okunjemiruwa: “Indeed, it was part of this money that the party has deployed people out in the state to mop up voters cards and this is no longer working out as planned owing to our strident cries to the people coupled with the massive voters’ education going on in the state. It is equally gratifying to commend the law enforcement agencies for arresting some members of the ACN who were buying voters cards and charging them to court. “The aim of this war chest by the ACN is to deploy people who would embark on house-to-house lobbying of people with amount ranging from N5, 000 to N10, 000 or more depending on the bargaining power of the person to be so hoodwinked.
“This is coming on the heels of the realisation that in a free and fair election, they would lose their deposits in Ondo State due to the performance of the Dr Olusegun Mimiko-led government in the state. Again, since we blew the lid off their plans to induce some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rig the election, this now appears a mirage, they have resorted to their darned operation see and buy over the electorate in Ondo State.” Only last week, the LP blew the open plans by the ACN to unleash maximum terror on Ondo State and turn it into a theatre of war ahead of the October 20 election.
The LP also alleged that the opposition party had procured N200million worth of arms and ammunition with which various attacks were intended to be unleashed on the state to prevent a conducive atmosphere for the election due to hold in about three weeks. It urged the law enforcement agents to as a matter of urgency, investigate the activities of the party and its agents who were planning to unleash terror on the state, a plan which it noted was being coordinated from Ado Ekiti and Osogbo.
Among others, the LP said that as part of the plans to effect this, arrangements had been concluded by the opposition party to bring to the state ahead of the October 20 date, 100 sophisticated guns and bullet proof vests.
The LP Spokesperson therefore, urged the security agents to keep abreast of the situation just as it called on the people of the state to chase away from their doorsteps, those who promised to capture them as if they were animals that could be caged at will and their image tarnished with naira notes.
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