The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Governor of Osun state, Gboyega Oyetola, to stop resorting to media trial regarding their petition against the victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke in the July 16 governorship poll.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Osun PDP Director of Media and Publicity, Oladele ‘Bamiji, on Wednesday.
The PDP said the All Progressives Congress (APC) has, within one week, declared the state as unsafe to actualise its plan of moving the sitting of the Election Petition Tribunal against Adeleke’s victory to Abuja.
The party also alleged APC of sponsoring falsified election analysis by paid agents masquerading as election observers.
The statement read in part, “Media trial is an insult to the judiciary that has demonstrated readiness to discharge its responsibilities without fear or favour.
“We, therefore, charge Osun people to be on guard and be prepared to resist any plot by the APC to make a mess of our democracy with its incessant culture of stealing mandate.
“For us, as a law-abiding party, we reiterate our respect for the judiciary and have faith in it pushing back any devilish attempt to deny the people their rights to decide who leads them.”