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LG Polls; Adeleke Raise Alarm over Alleged Plot to Casue Mayhem in Osun
...Directs security operatives to deal with trouble makers
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has raised alarm over an alleged plan to cause mayhem in the state by some opposition parties as the local council pools scheduled for Saturday, February 22, 2025, approaches..
In a statement issued, Thursday, in Osogbo the capital, the Governor’s spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, said there were “credible reports of a sinister plot by elements within the opposition parties” to launch vicious attacks on local government secretariats across the state.
Mallam Rasheed also alleged that the masterminds of the planned attack had also perfected plans to unleash mayhem on leaders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and top government officials in the state.
The Governor further noted that “the evil agenda is designed to disrupt the forthcoming local government elections (on Saturday, February 22, 2025) and create an atmosphere of chaos as a precursor to pushing for the declaration of a state of emergency in Osun.
The Governor, therefore, warned that “anybody apprehended over the plot will face the full wrath of the law.”
Governor Adeleke, who described Osun as one of the most peaceful states in the federation, decried the “reprehensible desperation among the opposition politicians,, especially of the All Progressive Congress which is manifesting in their concoction of fake court rulings, deliberate fabrication of fake news and condemnable building of false narratives instead of facing the electorate on February 22nd.”
According to Adeleke, “there is a subsisting court judgement secured by the APP which nullified the kangaroo local government election held in 2022,” declaring that the judgement remains valid in law and reality.
The statement affirmed that the judgement of a Court of Appeal in Akure was about the filing of court processes by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and had nothing to do with the subsisting judgement that sacked the illegally elected council chairmen and councilors of the APC.
“I have issued stern directives to the security agencies to secure the state and apprehend any trouble maker,” said the Governor. “There is no legal basis for any plot to take over the local government system in Osun state. Elections to fill the offices of chairmen and councilors are scheduled for February 22nd.
“Anybody who tests our resolve to sustain law and order in Osun state will have himself to blame. As the Chief Security Officer for the state, I am determined to deploy all available machinery of the state to maintain peace and punish trouble makers.
“I also call on citizens and residents of the state to go about their normal activities without fear or intimidation. The government is on top of the situation. We are resolved to keep the state and the streets safe from anti-democratic elements”, the Governor was quoted as saying.”
