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IGP Orders Two-Month Police Watch At Osun Council Offices Amid Power Tussle

As the political tension over local government control in Osun State intensifies, the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has directed the tactical squad deployed to the state to remain stationed at local government secretariats for the next two months.

A high-ranking police source, speaking anonymously, confirmed that the squad has been mandated to secure the secretariats and prevent any breakdown of law and order amid the ongoing leadership tussle.

The crisis erupted following the swearing-in of newly elected Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) local government chairmen by Governor Ademola Adeleke, despite opposition from the All Progressives Congress (APC). The APC has maintained that a recent Court of Appeal ruling reinstated their previously elected LG chairmen, who were removed from office in 2022.

To prevent clashes, Governor Adeleke has instructed the new PDP chairmen and councillors to stay away from the secretariats until legal disputes are resolved. However, APC leaders insist they remain the legitimate LG officials and have vowed to take measures, including urging banks to freeze council accounts, to prevent the PDP chairmen from accessing funds.

Security operatives, deployed by the IG, are expected to ensure order at the council secretariats as tensions persist. Multiple sources indicate that the tactical teams will remain in Osogbo and other parts of the state until further notice.

Meanwhile, Governor Adeleke has assured that his administration acted within the confines of the law in conducting the LG elections. He has called on the newly elected officials to focus on governance and uphold democratic values.

cenaman:
APC IG..

iwaeda:
State capture. Tinubu will loose, no matter the force. Let Egbetokun put police that will tumpprint for APC. Oma LULE.

saintokwuluora:
The Local Govt workers are also on their own beat...confusion everywher. But what kind of election is Yes or No. That's a characteristic of a One Party state.

Bittersweetnig:
This Oloriburuku Ekwesu IGP can't secure Abuja where the bastards govern from, he's now carrying muscle 💪 for Osun. He knew Yorubas are peaceful, try and Medline to Borno State affairs if those one won't come and bomb you in Abuja there, oloriburuku omoale Yoruba. The IGP and tinubu will soon Lulu

Coldspice:
Online Chochocho
Offline, you are nowhere to be found.

yesloaded:
😂

Nigeria politics is the more you look, the less you see

It's quite unfortunate that the citizen suffers when those who are supposed to represent their interest choose to do otherwise

Local government elections supposed to be conducted alongside Presidential & Governorship election

If we are not too wasteful in this country, we don't need senate, & house of rep

Governors can serve as senators & sit twice in a month afterall they have vice

Local Government Chairmen can serve as Rep and sit twice in Abuja afterall they also have VP

Citizens should open their eyes and see that these people are not for the masses but for themselves