The Imole Campaign Council (TICC) has accused the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress of seeking another backdoor towards power following the refusal of the Federal High Court to deregister the Accord.
Pelumi Olajengbesi, Spokesperson of TICC in a statement on Sunday said the campaign organization noted with profound concern the deepening political frustration, confusion, and psychological collapse currently ravaging the Osun APC ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State.
“The failed legal ambush once again confirms what the people of Osun already know, that every sinister strategy deployed by desperate power merchants within the Osun APC to forcefully hijack power through the backdoor has continued to crumble disgracefully,” Olajengbesi said.
He said the APC has failed to get the trust of the people and has resorted to seeking alternative routes towards getting to Oke-Fia Government House.
Cataloging the alleged offences of the APC, Olajengbesi said, “From the unlawful invasion and occupation of local government secretariats to the destruction of campaign materials, unleashing of political thugs on innocent citizens, violent attacks across communities, and the tragic loss of innocent lives, Osun people have continued to witness the frightening desperation of a party already overwhelmed by rejection, panic, and the looming reality of electoral humiliation.
“It is now crystal clear that the Osun APC no longer believes in democratic competition or issue-based engagement. Rather than market programmes, policies, or constructive ideas to the electorate, the party has chosen the dishonourable path of blackmail, falsehood, propaganda, violence and calculated political chaos.
“The failed move against the ACCORD Party therefore represents yet another devastating psychological blow to an APC that has become increasingly terrified of facing Governor Ademola Adeleke in a free, fair, peaceful, and credible election.
“What has become obvious is that after every disgraceful failure, the APC hurriedly searches for another dubious route to power. When propaganda collapsed, they embraced blackmail. When blackmail failed, they resorted to and violence. Now that legal manipulation has equally failed, they are clearly stranded and politically directionless.
“No amount of desperation, violence, propaganda, judicial shopping, or political manipulation can subvert the democratic will of a people who have already made their decision.”