BREAKING: Adeleke demands immediate release of arrested PDP chairman

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has condemned the apprehension of the authorities Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday Bisi, and called for his contiguous release.

Adeleke made the telephone successful a connection issued connected Saturday, August 15, 2026, and signed by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, arsenic voting continued successful the Osun governorship election.

According to the statement, Bisi was arrested astatine his residence successful Ilesa soon aft returning from voting.

Adeleke said helium was informed that the PDP president was taken to an undisclosed location, adding that nary crushed had been fixed for his arrest.

The politician described the apprehension arsenic an effort to intimidate his supporters. He besides accused the APC of moving with what helium called compromised information agents to restrict radical from monitoring the collation of predetermination results.

“This latest expanse connected my supporters, I person authoritatively learnt, is portion of a broader program to springiness the APC unhindered entree to alteration results astatine collation centres and upturn our wins astatine the poll,” Adeleke said.

Adeleke described what helium alleged was a program to interfere with the collation process arsenic an onslaught connected democracy, urging those involved...