Spoiled foods used for campaign

The All Progressives Congress in Osun State, a couple weeks to the August 9 elections, is angry with the Peoples Democratic Party, and the Nigeria Customs Service. Why? Well, the APC says both are bribing voters in the state with rice. Not just rice, but expired rice. to bribe voters in the state with expired rice ahead of the August 9 governorship election. The Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy of the APC in Osun
State, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi , signed a statement in Osogbo yesterday saying that Nigerian Customs’ warehouse in Ikeja colluded with the PDP to load expired bags of rice (which were first rebagged) and transport them to Osun State to induce voters. The APC statement read in part, “The All Progressives Congress has warned Osun people that the PDP, in collaboration with the Nigeria Customs’ warehouse in Ikeja, has loaded trailers filled with thousands of bags of expired rice confiscated several months ago from smugglers. “The expired bags of rice, which is poisonous, are being brought to Osun for distribution to voters. Competent sources from the Customs have also revealed that the concernment of those rice are unsuitable for human consumption. Osun citizens should therefore be warned that their lives are at risk from PDP poisoned rice. “It is clear then that what the PDP intended to do was to bring expired rice to repackage and distribute to Osun people. Osun people are not hungry and they will not sell their birthrights for stolen public money, which the PDP want to distribute in towns and villages of Osun.” But Chairman of the PDP in the state, Gani Olaoluwa, says the allegations are a figment of the imagination of the PDP designed to ruin their good name. Olaoluwa, urging the people of the state to ignore the “lies of the APC”, agreed that rice was distributed but it was for Ramadan, counter-accusing the APC of distributing expired sachets of milk and noodles. He said, “The APC is being mischievous. The party has resorted to fabrication of outright lies to discredit the PDP, having realised that the people have rejected their party. “ Our people know they are liars and they should not be taken seriously. They are jittery due to the popularity of the candidate of our party, Otunba (Iyiola) Omisore. “We distributed rice to the people of the state during the Ramadan season three years ago; we did the same two years ago and last year. Did they raise any allegation? They are doing that because of the election? We just want to advise our people to reject the expired sachet milk and noodles from the APC.” We guess it’s safe to advise indigenes in the state not to receive gifts from either party. What do you think?