Osun guber: Police raids targeting senior officials — State govt

Osun State Government has accused the Nigeria Police of carrying retired coordinated raids connected the residences of elder authorities officials, alleging that the operations magnitude to intimidation up of the forthcoming governorship predetermination successful the state.

In a connection issued connected Wednesday by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, the authorities claimed that the latest cognition progressive the residence of the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Teslim Igbalaye, wherever constabulary officers reportedly arrested individuals attending a governmental meeting.

According to the government, “the ward officials were gathering wrong the premises of the SSG’s residence portion Igbalaye himself was attending the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) stakeholders’ forum elsewhere successful Osogbo erstwhile constabulary officers entered the property.”

Alimi alleged that the cognition was led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police successful complaint of Operations, adding that members of the SSG’s household were besides taken distant during the raid.

“The SSG’s residence was bursted by a combined squad of constabulary officers led by the Deputy Commissioner for Operations, with household members of the SSG taken to chartless destinations,” the connection said.

The authorities authorities further alleged that the cognition formed portion of a bid of simila...