The
Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice, has cautioned Governor Rauf
Aregbsola of Osun State to stop threatening the civil servants and
teachers in over votes during the forthcoming governorship election.
The group urged the governor to seek votes without intimidating, threatening and causing disaffection among workers in the state.
In a statement by its Executive Chairman, Mr. Adeniyi Sulaiman, the group said the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria gives every citizen of the country the right to vote and be voted for and no person no matter how highly placed should hinder them from exercising their democratic rights.
Sulaiman urged the people and workers in the state to shun intimidation from the state government and vote according to their conscience during the August 9 governorship election.
He said, “Periodically, in a democracy, people used their voting right to change their leaders and they should not be coerced or intimidated to vote for any candidate in an election by the government. The voting during an election should be a free will right in choosing a credible leaders.
“Investigation conducted by our group across the state revealed that Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s government has been inviting the heads of ministries, agencies, secondary school principals and headmasters/headmistress to unholy meetings where they were threatened to tell their subordinates that if they failed to vote for ruling All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming governorship poll, they will be in trouble.
“I want to use this medium to tell the workers of the state to be ready to vote with enthusiasm during the August 9 election for the candidate of their choice and they should put every intimidation and threat behind them.”
The group urged the governor to seek votes without intimidating, threatening and causing disaffection among workers in the state.
In a statement by its Executive Chairman, Mr. Adeniyi Sulaiman, the group said the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria gives every citizen of the country the right to vote and be voted for and no person no matter how highly placed should hinder them from exercising their democratic rights.
Sulaiman urged the people and workers in the state to shun intimidation from the state government and vote according to their conscience during the August 9 governorship election.
He said, “Periodically, in a democracy, people used their voting right to change their leaders and they should not be coerced or intimidated to vote for any candidate in an election by the government. The voting during an election should be a free will right in choosing a credible leaders.
“Investigation conducted by our group across the state revealed that Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s government has been inviting the heads of ministries, agencies, secondary school principals and headmasters/headmistress to unholy meetings where they were threatened to tell their subordinates that if they failed to vote for ruling All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming governorship poll, they will be in trouble.
“I want to use this medium to tell the workers of the state to be ready to vote with enthusiasm during the August 9 election for the candidate of their choice and they should put every intimidation and threat behind them.”
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