The  9 August election to decide the next governor of the western Nigerian state of Osun, is assuming a titanic battle between the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party.

Amidst accusations of poll rigging and planned poll banditry and militarisation  against the PDP by the APC,  the APC is leaving no stone unturned as it prepares for the election.

Today, the party mobilised its forces to converge on the state. 

This it has done by  mandating all its elected members at state and national levels to converge on Osun from Tuesday and remain in the state until Saturday’s gubernatorial election, as a way of showing the party’s unalloyed support for incumbent Gov. Rauf Aregbesola.
 
 In a statement issued in Osogbo on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the directive also covers all political appointees in states under the control of the APC, especially Special Advisers and Commissioners.
 
 Also expected in Osogbo are members of the party’s national exco and the national elders’ caucus.
 
 APC said it perceives the forthcoming election as a celebration of democracy and a harvest time for the party, whose candidate has worked so hard to implement his mandate and make life more abundant for the people of the state.
 
 The party also called on its members in Osun to be vigilant ahead of the poll, considering the myriad of desperate tactics being perfected by the PDP to reap where it did not sow.