{"id":381856,"date":"2011-04-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/19\/pdp-acn-trade-words-on-election-results-in-osun\/"},"modified":"2011-04-19T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T06:00:00","slug":"pdp-acn-trade-words-on-election-results-in-osun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/19\/pdp-acn-trade-words-on-election-results-in-osun\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP, ACN trade words on election results in Osun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>\n<span id=\"fullgist\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>The Action Congress of Nigeria and Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, on Sunday traded words on the outcome of Saturday\u2019s presidential election in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The ACN scored 299,791 votes in the state to beat the PDP which recorded 188,409 in the election as announced by Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A statement by Director, Bureau of Strategy and Communications in the Office of the Osun State Governor, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, described the result as satisfactory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Chairman of the ACN in the state, Mr. Adelowo Adebiyi, in a statement, attributed the party\u2019s victory to the acceptance of Governor Rauf Aregbesola\u2019s administration by the people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Although, both parties agreed that the election was free and fair, the PDP alleged that its members were scared to vote in some parts of Ijesaland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The PDP\u2019s Director of Publicity, Mr. Deolu Adeyemo, told NAN in an interview that some PDP supporters were brutalised in the area by suspected ACN thugs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Adeyemo lamented that the voters were beaten with horse whips and chased away from voting centres.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, Adebiyi said that the election result only showed the people\u2019s love for Aregbesola for his able leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Meanwhile, a PDP chieftain in the state, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has bemoaned the party\u2019s loss in Saturday\u2019s presidential election to the ACN in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Babatope told the NAN by telephone in Osogbo on Monday that it was regrettable that Osun was the only state that did not vote for the PDP in the South-West geo-political zone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He, however, thanked the people for giving an appreciable level of support to Jonathan in the election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He urged the people to always look beyond \u201clocal politics\u201d with a view to deriving maximum benefits from the Federal Government.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.punchng.com\/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201104193121067\" title=\"PDP, ACN trade words on election results in Osun\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PDP, ACN trade words on election results in Osun<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Action Congress of Nigeria and Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, on Sunday traded words on the outcome of Saturday\u2019s presidential election in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. 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