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Akeredolu is a registered voter in Owo – Ondo ACN
Monday, 06 August 2012
THE Ondo State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has observed in recent times the antics of the ruling Labour Party (LP) aimed at circumventing the wish of the people in the forthcoming election.
The latest of such act is the cheap propaganda being spread by the LP to the effect that the ACN candidate, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), is not a registered voter in Ondo State.
A statement signed by the party's publicity secretary, Rotimi Agbede, said the LP reportedly claimed to have sourced the information from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The party said ordinarily, it would not have dignified the propaganda with a response but for the fact that it was capable of hoodwinking the unsuspecting members of the public into believing this fairy tale from the pit of hell.
“ACN wishes to state unequivocally that nothing can be farther from the truth than this idle talk targeted at arresting the rising profile and acceptability of Akeredolu.
“It is laughable to insinuate that the ACN standard-bearer, a senior member of the bar, would contemplate of venturing into anything unconstitutional.
“More ridiculous is the attempt to wrap their lies with some form of credence by claiming that INEC issued a statement to that effect,” the party said.
ACN expressed belief that the electoral body, as an unbiased umpire, would not channel any public communication through the LP.
The statement noted that the ruling party, having failed to enlist the support of the citizenry in its doomed agenda, resorted to various self help, including dishing out unfounded propaganda with the view of salvaging their rejected bid for second term.
It said: “For the avoidance of doubt, the ACN wishes to assert that Rotimi Akeredolu is a registered voter in his home town, Owo, and this is verifiable.
“The ACN candidate with intimidating credentials coupled with his credible pedigree, no doubt, is the candidate to beat in this election, hence all antics to pull him down at all cost,” the statement added.
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