The Ekiti State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday berated the ruling Labour Party (LP) in Ondo State for accusing ACN of alleged plans to destabilise Ondo in preparation for the October 20 election.
Describing the allegation as “a campaign of calumny and outright falsehood”, ACN said good performance, as evident in other ACN-controlled states, would ensure its victory in Ondo and not gangster politics.
It recalled reports, which were allegedly promoted by the LP, that the Ekiti State Government and ACN leaders held meetings in Ado-Ekiti to cause a crisis in Ondo State ahead of the October poll.
A statement by its chairman, Chief Jide Awe, said its officials are no busybodies with the time to meddle in the party’s affairs in Ondo State.
The statement reads: “While we would not have dignified the allegations with a response, because they are nothing but tissues of lies, we felt compelled to set the record straight, in order to prevent the reading public from being fed with outright lies.
“We consider it apt to state that the Ekiti State Government, under the leadership of Dr. Kayode Fayemi, is committed to an all-round development, using the Eight-Point Agenda for transformation.
“This, the Fayemi administration is pursuing vigorously with substantial evidences of transformation. Thus, its officials have no business in meddling with the politics of Ondo State.
“Again, it is on record that Governor Fayemi and Governor Olusegun
Mimiko of Ondo State have a good working relationship, especially in development as it affects the two sister states. They also collaborate in the regional integration agenda of the Southwest. This is in spite of being leaders of different political parties.
“Therefore, for some leaders of LP to make such unfounded allegations and accuse ACN leaders of causing a crisis in Ondo State, smacks of irresponsibility and desperation, which do not show political maturity.
“While the ACN is prepared and able to win the coming governorship election in Ondo State, it is the desire of our leaders to win convincingly in a free and fair election that is devoid of violence. We rely solely on our record of good performances in the other
ACN-controlled states and the avalanche of goodwill from well-meaning Ondo State indigenes, who are equally longing for a major change.
“However, there is no law that forbids the state chapter of ACN from hosting the national leadership of the party or leaders of its state chapters in any part of Ekiti State or any other states in the country for that matter.
“It is a known fact that some desperate elements within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State have chosen Akure, the Ondo State capital, as the regular venue of their meetings, where they hatch the plans to attack some ACN leaders in Ekiti State.
“This vicious plan is informed by their inability to comprehend the peace and tranquility that have pervaded Ekiti State in recent times and the attendant development, which is a sharp departure from what obtained during their years of the locust.”
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