Osun Election: Adeleke condemns arrest of Osun PDP chair, demands release

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By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo

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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has condemned the arrest of the state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Sunday Bisi, describing it as an abuse of law enforcement and an attack on the democratic process.

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Adeleke, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Saturday, alleged that Bisi was arrested at his residence in Ilesa shortly after casting his vote in the ongoing Osun governorship election.

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The governor demanded Bisi’s immediate release, saying the circumstances surrounding his arrest were unclear.

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According to the statement, “Information reaching me indicates that Hon. Bisi was accosted in his home in Ilesa shortly after he returned after voting and whisked away to yet-to-be-known location.

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“Up till this moment, no one has been availed the reason for his arrest, which indicates that the APC is working in cohort with compromised security agents to keep people away from monitoring results at the various collation centres.”

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Adeleke alleged that the arrest was part of a broader plan to prevent his supporters from monitoring the collation of results.

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He said, “This latest sweep on my supporters, I have authoritatively learnt, is part of a broader plan to give the APC unhindered access to change results at collation centres and upturn our wins at the poll.”

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The governor described the alleged development as an assault on democracy and urged those involved to desist from using state institutions to undermine the will of voters.

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He called for the immediate release of Bisi and other persons he described as political prisoners across the state.

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“Election should be about the people freely giving their mandates to the person of their choice without threat or force,” Adeleke said.

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