Ahead of the governorship election slated for July 16 in Osun State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the western nations to place a visa ban on some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over an alleged vow to rig the election.

The Osun state PDP in a petition signed by the Caretaker Chairman of the party in the state, Dr Akindele Adekunle, and made available to journalists on Tuesday, accused the APC of planning to undermine the electoral process and subvert the will of the people of the state.

The petition, which was sent to the Ambassadors of the United States of America, the High Commissioners of the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and the European Union, alleged that the National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu,

had made public instruction to its campaign Council to rig the July 16 election. “The ruling party has openly and expressly directed its operatives to deploy all means including undemocratic measures like violence and poll disruption to win the election.

“The National Chairman of APC, Adamu Abdulahi had while inaugurating the State Campaign Council issued the directive last week and the video of the directive has gone viral. Unfortunately, APC operatives in Osun state have started executing the directive with ongoing killings and maiming of