*Says PMS is Gov Makinde’s creation
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
The Social Democratic Party (SDP), governorship candidate in Oyo State, Barrister Michael Lana on Sunday, warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against compromising the conduct of 2023 polls in the state.
Barrister Lana handed down the warning in a statement by the Director General of his campaign committee, Mr. Bola Popoola made available to journalists in Ibadan.
Specifically, the SDP governorship said asked the Oyo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) to have a rethink on the issue, as PMS members cannot be trusted with election materials as such would be putting a cat to watch over a piece of meat.
“We are vehemently opposed to this notion as the said PMS are a creation of the present governor of Oyo State and they were employed by him. Not only that, the said Park Managers have consistently been part of the campaign entourage of the governor and acting in his interests”, he said.
Barrister Lana added, ” we are therefore resisting in a very loud way any attempt to compromise the 2023 elections by including the PMS members as part of the INEC’s transport team
He stressed that PMS members in Oyo state are employees of Governor Seyi Makinde and cannot be neutral in the election process, and that in addition to this, the PMS members ” are too compromised to be neutral as they would be doing the bidding of the governor and his political party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)”.
Barrister Lana maintained that his team and SDP are opposed to members of the PMS to have anything doing with the election before, during or after, insisting that they have been part of the campaign train of Governor Makinde during which they have been constituting nuisance to the peace loving people of the state.
“We are not obvious to the incident that happened at Ibarapa where members of the PMS descended on some innocent citizens of Ibarapa including an over 70- year old man who was allegedly beaten to stupor for throwing stones at the governor’s entourage to show their disenchantment against him.”
