The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has accused the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state of sponsoring attacks on party supporters.
The state Acting Chairman of the APC, Mr. Tajudeen Lawal stated this while briefing journalists in Osogbo, the Osun State Capital.
According to him, the attacks started shortly after the tribunal judgment which gave APC victory in the state governorship election.
“Since the tribunal judgment that sacked Gov. Adeleke from office, members, and leaders of the party have not known peace for a day.
“To state that this is a more trying period in the political history of our state cannot be farfetched, as what our members are experiencing from the PDP goons can better be imagined rather than experienced.
“As I speak, almost all the members of our party, the APC, in the Atakumosa-East Local Government Council Area of the state, have been pursued out of the towns and villages in the local government by daredevil and notorious PDP thugs.
Lawal also accused the Police in the state of not showing commitment to end the attack on APC members in Osun State.
He called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to transfer the State Commissioner of Police out of the state.
“The main source of our concern about the pitiable security situation of our state since the inauguration of Gov. Adeleke is that the police which is the statutory security agency in the state has not been doing enough to dispassionately maintain peace and order.
“It was observed that the police are always looking away when our members are being attacked by the PDP thugs.
“We are calling on the Inspector-General of Police to intervene in our plight by urgently effecting the transfer of the Osun Commissioner of Police, as his best is found out not to be in the best interest of any genuine democratic setting.”
