DSS Releases Ladi Adebutu After Spending The Night In Custody
A former member of the House of Representatives, who was also the PDP governorship candidate in the 2023 Ogun State gubernatorial election, Hon Ladi Adebutu, has been released from detention.
The Department of State Services had on Monday evening arrested and took Adebutu into custody for allegedly disturbing the peace during the local government elections held on November 16, 2024, in which the ruling All Progressives Congress had recorded a sweeping victory.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that Adebutu issued a statement to confirm his release on Tuesday while describing the allegations against him as baseless and unfounded.
‘At about 7am, Tuesday, 19th November 2024, I was released by the Department of State Services in Abeokuta following an invitation to answer to various spurious accusations all arising from the November 16 local government elections in Ogun State.
Very sadly, the allegations were so baseless that it became clear that their purpose was to silence me as a voice of the opposition. My contention that those elections were not free and fair is my fundamental right to free speech and free thought.
My thinking that the local government should have financial autonomy that can only be enforced by free and fair elections is germane to our development. Mr President, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, shares the same view as mine which shows it is not a partisan position but a nationalistic one.
However, because of the particular situation in Ogun State over the last five years which I shall publish shortly, desperation has set in to emasculate the third tier of government completely, this is the struggle for our development’ Adebutu said-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you.
