LG Elections: PDP Chieftain Alleges Plans To Import Thugs Into Osun

Former Caretaker Chairman of Osun State PDP, Dr. Akindele Adekunle has alleged that some people are planning to import thugs into the state ahead of the local government elections scheduled to hold on February 22, 2025.

Dr Akindele in a statement he issued in Osogbo and made available to Team@orientactualmags.com noted that the alarm he has raised was sequel to a credible intelligence report while adding that the hoodlums that will be imported into Osun State from other states will hide under the cover of the tactic force deployed to the state by the Force headquarters in Abuja, to unleash mayhem on harmless voters and the state PDP leaders in order to frustrate the successful conduct of the upcoming local government elections.

He noted that the hoodlums who are already camped at locations provided by top All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains in Iragbiji, Ikire, Osogbo, Ila, Iwo, Ilesa and Ile-Ife among others, will attempt to stop the local government elections from holding on Saturday by going after PDP leaders and the electoral officials.

He added that a clear indication points to the fact that the tactic force deployed from Abuja was not to maintain peace but rather to provide cover for the APC to unleash mayhem in Osun State.

‘Credible intelligence report at our disposal points to the fact that hoodlums brought into Osun State are being clothed in Police uniform to perpetrate violence and attack the people in a bid to stop the local government elections scheduled to hold on Saturday.

It is quite disturbing to note that the Police are aiding this brazen threat to peace and safety of Osun people, because we learned that the tactical squad deployed from Abuja is just a cover for the thugs to unleash violence without check.

Police Force, as an institution, is constitutionally tasked with maintaining peace and security but it appears that the current IGP has reduced the institution to doing hatchet job of desperate politicians as we are currently witnessing in Osun State. These fake police are being housed at different locations provided by APC chieftains, and the Police are providing them cover to unleash violence.

We are very much aware that a list of PDP leaders and members has been drafted for indiscriminate arrest or assassinations. Electoral officials may also be targeted in the desperate plot to stop the election from holding on Saturday.

So, we want to let the whole world know that should anything untoward happen in Osun State, they know who to hold responsible. Voting is a fundamental rights conferred on those eligible by the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and so, we are deeply at lost why the Police is adamant on supporting APC brazen assault on democracy by frustrating the conduct of the election.

When the APC held its YES or NO election, which was later invalidated by the Courts, PDP didn’t resort to violence or enlist the support of Police to disrupt it. It is rather a shame that the current Police leadership has clearly turned the institution into a partisan body, even to the point of aiding lawlessness of the ruling party’ the statement added while urging voters not to succumb to any threat, whether from the real Police or the fake ones-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