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The Nigeria Police Force has deployed a caller Commissioner of Police, Samuel Erale, to Osun State up of the August 15 governorship election, replacing CP Ibrahim Gotan.
Confirming the improvement connected Friday, the Police Public Relations Officer successful the state, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, said Erale had been posted to oversee information arrangements for the election.
Although the constabulary did not officially authorities the crushed for Gotan’s redeployment, the determination follows months of disapproval from the Osun State Government, governmental actors and civilian nine groups implicit allegations of bias successful handling politically delicate cases.
Gotan’s reassignment came hardly 24 hours aft the merchandise of the Secretary to the State Government, Teslim Igbalaye, who was arrested alongside 5 others during a raid connected his residence implicit allegations of vote-buying and harbouring a wanted suspect.
The cognition sparked beardown reactions from the authorities authorities and the ruling Accord Party, which accused information agencies of intimidating authorities officials up of the poll.
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