Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has said no one will be able to rig or steal the upcoming August 15 governorship election in the state.

Speaking at a campaign rally in Oke-Ila, Ifedayo Local Government Area, Adeleke told supporters that every vote would count and urged residents to protect their ballots.

According to a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, the governor said the people were ready to defend their votes.

“I heard some politicians vowing to steal the votes. Where and how? Osun votes are untouchable. This is Osun State, the heart of Yoruba nation. Nobody can rig us out here,” Adeleke said.

“The people’s votes will be defended. Their will on August 15 will become a reality.”

The governor also said, “We are going round the state. The people are trooping out. The people’s votes will be defended. Their will on August 15 will become a reality. We are getting the votes; they are chasing motor parks. We are winning the people, they are shooting at the people.

“Osun people are not scared. All these attacks and war mongering only hardened our people. Osun people are not cowards. They will vote and defend their votes. We are reaching across towns, they are holed up at their state secretariat.

“Our records speak for us; their records in office continue to hunt them. We have transformed our major towns and we are moving to upgrade our rural areas”, the governor declared first at the palace of the kings of Ora Igbomina and at the palace of the Ajagunla Ifagbamila Orangun of Oke Ila, Oba Adedokun Abolarin.

The Oke Ila monarch who hailed the governor for bringing massive development to Osun state said the current administration has acted in line with his chieftaincy title of “Soludero of Oke Ila” by bringing good governance and democratic dividends to every corner of the state.

“Your Excellency, in your second term, Ifedayo presents your government with ideal site to develop tourism and sporting facilities. The landscape and the terrain are conducive for sport academy, mountain hiking, tourism resorts”, the royal father told the governor at the town hall.