We Were Offered N14m Bribe Rig The Osun Election ––SSS

 

The spokesperson for the Department of State Services (DSS), Marilyn Ogar, has claimed that the agency is being haunted by political parties for rejecting the N14million bribe that was offered to its officials in Osun State during the last Saturday’s gubernatorial election that was "convincingly won" by the APC.

Ogar, who stated this on Tuesday at the National Briefing Centre in Abuja while responding to questions from journalists, said “The director that was on election duty for the DSS was asked to come and collect N4million for himself and N10million for the men; the money was declined, and that is the offence that the DSS has committed.

“The rejection of the money is bringing a lot of misunderstanding between political parties and the DSS; it is unfortunate. I want to tell you, there is a big man occupying a very sensitive position in Osun State; the man should thank his God that it was not the DSS that arrested him with the huge sum of money he was found with.”

Osun Governorship Election, A Very Painful Loss –– Jonathan

 

Ekiti magic could not work in Osun. President Goodluck Jonathan has said it is painful that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party lost the Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State to the All Progressives Congress.

This statement was made by Special Adviser to Jonathan on Political Affairs, Prof. Rufa’i Alkali, while he was conducting a facility tour on Goodluck-2-Goodluck (G2G) 2015 Project headquarters in Abuja.

In his words: “Today we would have celebrated Osun victory. It is however, a very painful day for us because the PDP candidate and the party had completed their home work and we know the people of Osun are tired of what is happening in the state, but here we are.

Osun Election: Governor Aregbesola Winning In Osogbo, While Omisore Of PDP Is Leading In Ife

So far, the election results are characteristically showing that the APC candidate Governor Rauf Aregbesola is leading in Oshogbo and environs and may be leading in overall results so far seen by SaharaReporters, while the People’s Democratic Party candidate, Iyiola Omisore appears to be leading in Ife area.  

Vote counting in the gubernatorial election in Osun state has commenced with the first results of the election trickling in. Voters across the state  turned out massively as early at 6 AM Nigerian time for accreditation and voting commenced  early in several districts. However, there was massive deployment of soldiers across the state and mass arrest of opposition All Progressives Congress members overnight.