Former Labour Leader and the current APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, has accused those who are not in support of army deployment for the general elections, saying such persons are not supporters of democracy.
After voting at his polling unit, Oshiomhole interacted with some journalists at the Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State.
He mentioned that the early arrival of election materials in the polling unit shows INEC’s efficiency and only security challenges can mar the efforts of the commission.
The former governor stated, “We have one or two incidents where thugs allegedly hired by the PDP came to disrupt the elections by shooting sporadically in an attempt to cart away election materials. But the people were determined and with soldiers patrolling the area, the situation was brought to normal.’’
Oshiomhole further mentioned that opposition party members had mobilized thugs to disrupt electoral processes because they were already losing.
He said, “As you know, Ogbido and Ulouke are areas were APC got 99.9 percent votes during the presidential and National Assembly election, so disrupting the election will affect the results. But soldiers were on hand to curtail the situation.
“This is why when some armchair analysts dispute the idea of deploying military for elections, we said only enemies of democracy and Nigeria including merchants of violence will support such campaign against military deployment.’’
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