Students Withstand Security Agents And hold Rally For Aregbesola In Osogbo

Gov.Aregbesola's Rally in Osogbo

In spite of presence of stern trying security agents in Osogbo, the Osun capital, multitude of scholars still came out on weekday, 6 August, 2014, to carry a rally in support of Governor Rauf Aregbesola earlier than the nine August, 2014 position election within the state.
The incumbent Governor Aregbesola, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is predicted to face stiff opposition from legislator Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples political party, PDP, within the politician polls on Saturday.

It was gathered that as early as 6am on weekday, security officers had set military blockade to the Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Freedom Park, planned venue of the rally wherever the scholars had planned to adopt Aregbesola as their candidate within the election.
Reports had it that some mobile cops and troopers turned back folks that had gone to the Park.
However, the scholars, beneath the aegis of Youth and Students Coalition for the re-election of mister. Aregbesola, took to the Olaiya Junction within the heart of the capital and marched to Ogo-Oluwa axis of Osogbo before they converged on Fakunle space to handle their members.
According to reports, the coalition comprised the National Association of Nigerian Students Joint field Committee‎, National Association of Osun State Students (NAOSS) and a few different students associations on campuses.

Sen Omisore left & Ogeni Rauf Aregbeshola (Osun State Governor)

 

The caller of the cluster, Abiola‎ Oludele, whereas speaking at the occasion, asked the freelance National Electoral Commission, INEC, to be truthful in its conduct of the Osun guber polls on Saturday.
His aforesaid youth within the state wouldn't settle for any excuse for failure to organise a free and truthful election.

“We wish to use this medium to charge INEC to conduct associate election which will be seen by all as free and truthful.
Youth in Osun can take no excuse for his or her failure and any plan to go against the popular would like of our folks are resisted,” Mr. Oludele aforesaid.
“Youth and students coalition would like to tell INEC and security agents deployed to the state that we have a tendency to discount for nothing aside from free and truthful position election come back August nine.
“People because the homeowners of votes, we have a tendency to don't would like any clearance to observe, safeguard and defend ‎our votes. “We would like to state it clearly that we have a tendency to ar absolutely aware that varied security agents et al. (are) deployed for our protection and intrinsically shouldn't be turned to instrument of oppression and harassment before election.
“It is very important for INEC to notice that the duties of its officers don't seem to be expected to be distributed by any of the safety agents in any of the polling units across the state,” the cluster additional in their statement.

The Bureau of Communications and Strategy within the workplace of the Osun Governor, whereas commenting on the event, aforesaid it absolutely was inconceivable that the PDP-led centralized might flip folks back from the Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Park at this stage of Nigeria’s democratic journey.
“One is riled by the audacity of the safety agents WHO dared to prevent members of the personnel of Osun and students WHO wished to adopt the Governor nowadays and tell the full world that they're behind Aregbesola,” Semiu Okanlawon, Director of the Bureau, said.
“But we have a tendency to be consoled by the actual fact that the folks have shown them their power. Folks have incontestable that even within the face of intimidation, they're peaceful however resolute on the choice to vote for Rauf Aregbesola.”
It would be recalled that before this latest development that the APC had defendant the centralized of coming up with to intimidate the folks of Osun in different to rig the Osun election via the preparation of armed security officers to the state.
In his response, the Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, had declared that the presidency determined to deploy armed troopers to Osun State to make sure that the position election is command during peaceful surroundings.