A member of the House of Representatives from Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency, Honourable Shina Peller has accused some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of planning to eliminate him.
Peller disclosed this through a statement issued by his Media Officer, Mr Kola Popoola, revealing that truly there was an attempt to assassinate him on his way from Ibadan to Oke Ogun on Sunday, May 29 2022.
The lawmaker, who is aspiring for the Oyo North Senatorial District ticket insisted that there was no All Progressives Congress (APC) Senatorial primaries in Oyo North.
“There have been calls from loved ones, supporters, close associates and family about the controversy surrounding the All Progressives Congress (APC) Oyo North Senatorial Primaries which was scheduled to hold on Saturday 28th May 2022 at the Iseyin District Grammar School (IDGS), Iseyin as well as an assassination attempt on my life.
“This statement will therefore state the true picture of what actually transpired. The APC primaries ought to have been held on Saturday peacefully and transparently, but couldn’t hold due to the selfish interest of some bad elements within the party who are determined to impose a candidate on all.
“To set the record straight, there are five aspirants contesting for the APC Oyo North Senatorial ticket in the forthcoming 2023 general election, and they are my humble self, Honourable Shina Peller, the incumbent occupier of the seat, Senator Fatai Buhari, who is determined to return to the Senate for the third term by whatever means, Honourable Saheed Alaran, Chief Ogunbode and Mrs Adeola Adeboyin.
“At IDGS, the supposed venue for the primaries, the delegates and all aspirants including myself had arrived since 10 am, except Senator Fatai Buhari who was nowhere to be found, as well as the party officials who were supposed to conduct the primaries.
“We were all there waiting for several hours with no sight of Senator Buhari and party officials until we got an information that secret accreditation of delegates was ongoing at Sharapy Hotel, Odo-Omu area, Iseyin-Oyo Road, Iseyin. We moved to the hotel and we saw that truly a lot of buses were parked around with so many people engaging in illegal accreditation. When they saw us, they started running away.
“While we were at the hotel, we got further information that they had moved to the residence of the former Iseyin Local Government Chairman, Engineer Abolade and that some aggrieved people were already on their way to his house to disrupt their illegal process. To avoid any violence, I and three other aspirants had to move to the place so that we could control the situation. When we got there, we discovered that truly kangaroo primaries were already ongoing with some unaccredited delegates with result sheets and membership registration slips that have no passports.
“These kangaroo primaries were being conducted with close supervision of the former Oyo State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Alhaji Wasiu Dauda Azuzu and Senator Fatai Buhari. When they realized that there was no way they could continue with their secret voting, we were invited to a meeting at a premier hotel to resolve the issue. We were surprised to be informed that they decided to postpone the primaries until the following day and unconstitutionally moved the venue from Iseyin to Saki to enable them to manipulate the process and impose Senator Buhari on us all.
“This was the true picture of what transpired on Saturday, and as God would have it, gentlemen of the press were on ground at the IDGS, the venue of the primaries.
Pix caption: Musa Alubankudi, one of the political thugs arrested.