APC, Accord Party trade blame over mayhem in Osun

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke. Photo: X | @AAdeleke_01

The campaign council of the Osun State All Progressives Congress has called on security agencies to investigate the violent disturbances witnessed across Osogbo and attacks on its members in some parts of the state. Addressing journalists in Osogbo on Wednesday, the Director-General of the APC Campaign Council, Mr Oluwole Oke, accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of being complicit in attacks on opposition party members in Ile-Ife and Owode-Ede. He also alleged that the governor was harbouring hoodlums behind various security breaches experienced in the state lately. In a swift reaction, the Imole Campaign Council, the group leading Governor Adeleke’s re-election campaign, accused the APC of killing many of the governor’s supporters and demanded immediate action from security agencies to stem the tide. The chairman of the council’s Media Committee, Bamidele Salam, in a statement obtained in Osogbo, also said the shooting that occurred in some communities in the state was captured on video in one location and constituted evidence against the opposition party. But Oke, who called on security agencies to be thorough in their investigations, said anyone found culpable, irrespective of political affiliation or connections, should be arrested and prosecuted in accordance with the law. Specifically, Oke alleged that a governor’s appointee, Olalekan Emir, who is standing trial for murder, jumped bail. “Strangely, this same Emir Ajagungbade is being housed in the Osun State Government House. Why is Governor Adeleke housing a criminal suspect in the Government House? “The case is similar to that of the brutal killing of a chieftain of our party, Hon. Remi Abass, who, until his death in February 2025, was the chairman of Irewole Local Government. “As we speak, an appointee of Governor Adeleke, who was arraigned for the murder of Hon. Abass, Mr Jide Joda, has jumped bail and has been declared wanted by the police. Jide Joda is an appointee of the governor and also a close associate of Senator Lere Oyewumi. Sadly, both Governor Adeleke and Senator Lere Oyewumi have not done anything to produce this murder suspect.” He subsequently called on Adeleke to rein in his political foot soldiers before they plunge the state into deeper insecurity and make it increasingly ungovernable. Related News 2027: APC deploys 4.4m polling unit officials for Tinubu’s re-election — Uzodimma Defect to APC or resign, Adamawa gov issues ultimatum to appointees Adeleke, others unhurt as stage collapses at Osun political rally “Only ye