Osun election: APC sounds warning over suspected influx of hired thugs at government headquarters

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By Shina Abubakar Osogbo

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The All Progressives Congress, APC campaign media committee has raised fresh alarm over the importation of political thugs into the government house just less than 24 hours to the governorship election.

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Speaking with newsmen at the Correspondents’ Chapel in Osogbo, on behalf of the committee, Mr Kehinde Ayantunji disclosed that the thugs were imported from Lagos, led by one Olowe and Iberu and accommodated by the Governor and his team.

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He alleged that the thugs were imported to disrupt the election, especially in Osogbo and parts of Egbedore, if the process is not in the party’s favour.

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His words, “As I’m speaking to you now, we have intelligence that a large number of political thugs have been mobilised into the government house. In the last two hours, they have been moving in and out, and our intelligence has confirmed that most of these people are not from this State.

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“The two individuals who led those thugs are Olowe and Iberu; these are the codenames given to them at the government house this afternoon.

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“They moved into the government house with, number one, a Lexus Jeep, Dark Ash colour, with registration number KRD207IS, a Toyota Corolla AKD 795 GR, a red Volkswagen Golf AGL719 and a Dark Ash Lexus Jeep with registration number KRD 210 KS.

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“We are not just raising this alarm; we have double-checked our intelligence, and we have pictorial evidence of what we are saying here this afternoon.

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On the reasons the thugs were brought to Osogbo, Ayantunji adds, “our intelligence confirmed that these suspected political thugs have been adequately mobilised, and any moment from now, they might be moving around. Their target is simple: having realised the imminent defeat in the state’s capital territory, that is Osogbo, Irepodun and Egbedore, the agenda is to mobilise them with funds and ammunition to destabilise Ward 5, Osogbo Local Government; Ward 4, Ward 8, Okini, Ido-Osun and Ofatedo towns of Egbedore Local Government”.

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He said the party decided to bring the matter to the public and the international community to hold the Accord Party and the Governor responsible for any attack on the electorate.

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“We have to inform the members of the public, and we have to call on the security agents that we have been saying this, but it appears that security agencies are helpless, because we find it very difficult to believe why it’s difficult for security agents to arrest these thugs in the government house

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“Therefore, we are telling the international community, to the security agents in Nigeria, and to all stakeholders that have anything to do with the Osun election, that if anything happens to our members tomorrow, or any electorate, Governor Ademola Adeleke should be held responsible for shielding political thugs in the government house”, he added.

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