By  Daud Olatunji

ABEOKUTA—The Ogun State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Gboyega Nasiru Isiaka has threatened to drag the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to court over unavailability of Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, at Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of the state where he hails from.

Isiaka said he would proceed on legal action against the commission over its action which he described as clandestine plans to disfranchise his kinsmen.

The governorship candidate who stated this while addressing journalists at the party secretariat on yesteday in Abeokuta, condemned the slow pace of distribution of the PVCs by INEC.

He said there was a deliberate plan to give an advantage to an area of the state at the detriment of the people of Ogun West senatorial district.

He said: “The distribution is quite curious as our people suspect clear attempt to exclude eligible voters in the Ogun West areas, where I come from.

“Let it be stated that the Yewa/Awori people are already determined to vote en masse. We shall not accept any attempt to give advantage to a particular candidate by disenfranchising my people. Let those concerned take note and be appropriately guided.

“I shall not hesitate to seek redress if at the appropriate time the shortfall of the PVCs for the state and that for Imeko Afon did not arrive before the elections.”

He, however, raised the alarm that his campaign has continued to suffer political onslaught of the Amosun administration.

He frowned at what he called political intolerance from the supporters of the ruling party in the state over incessant vandalisation of PDP candidates posters and billboards.

He said: “At the last count, over 40 standing billboards of our candidates have either been destroyed or stolen. In many other locations, the teams installing our billboards and posters have been brutalised. Just yesterday, another effigy of mine that was placed at OPIC Roundabout was again cated away by these shameless persons.

“While my campaign organisation and the PDP adhere to the good principles of political engagement, the APC have been extremely provocative and tried to turn the state into a thearter of violence and blood-letting, but we will not join their game.

“Consequently,the action of the Ogun Signage and Advertisement Agency, OGSAA, at removing my effigies in three succession is blatant and irresponsible use of state apparatus to the disadvantage of GNI and the PDP.”