Osun LG crisis: APC petitions police, DSS over alleged recruitment of thugs to attack reinstated excos

…APC is jittery—PDP

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has petitioned the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Abba, alleging a plot by aides of Governor Ademola Adeleke to recruit thugs and launch attacks on reinstated local government executives following a recent Appeal Court verdict.

In a letter dated June 16, 2025, and also addressed to the Department of State Security (DSS), the APC through its legal adviser, Adegoke Ogunsola, accused some government functionaries and the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sunday Bisi, of inciting violence capable of disrupting public peace.

“The information at our disposal is that plans are being perfected to recruit armed thugs that will be deployed to attack the Local Government Councils’ political functionaries who were elected on October 15, 2022, on the platform of the APC,” the letter read in part.

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The APC called on the police to activate necessary security measures to protect its local government executives and their properties across the state.

Reacting to the allegations, the PDP, through its Director of Media, Oladele Olabanji, dismissed the claims as baseless, accusing the APC of paranoia.

“APC is always jittery over nothing. Perhaps they are haunted by what they did while in power. Governor Adeleke is a peaceful leader. If he were violent, many APC leaders wouldn’t even be in this state today,” Olabanji said.

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