Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has accused the Peoples Democratic Party of plotting to foment trouble ahead of the off-cycle November 16 governorship election. 

Mr Aiyedatiwa, in a statement by his campaign organisation, said, “While it is within the right of the PDP handlers in Ondo State to sulk over the loss of their party in Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, it is, however, absurd and ridiculous that the party in Ondo State could be contemplating war ahead of a governorship election that is still two months away.”

The statement signed by Kayode Fasua, spokesman for the campaign organisation, added, “The expression issued by the PDP that ‘we thus sound a note of warning to those whose trade is the compromise of ballot that danger looms if they seek to tamper with our votes’, deserves to be investigated.

“That statement is not only preposterous but a clear signal that the PDP in Ondo State is plotting to unleash crises in its desperation for victory.”

Meanwhile, the PDP denied the allegation in a statement by its spokesman in Ondo, Ayo Fadaka.

“We are still begging them to play by the rule. This is because for every action, there will be a reaction, and this is dialectical. Let Aiyedatiwa and his people work to win by honest means, which they know will not give them victory. They must perish their schemes for rigging as it will certainly backfire,” stated the opposition party.

It stressed that Ondo state people “are determined to put an end to the many crises APC has introduced into their lives, they will react, and not necessarily us.” 

The PDP statement added, “This fact they already know because none of them dare wear Tinubu’s branded cap to any filling station or market across the state and come back unmolested by the people who are already frustrated and impoverished by their policies, so they must not push their luck far at all.”