The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Sunday accused leadership of the state police command of planning to clamp down on its members using some Divisional Police Officers that had been already briefed by the ruling party in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party.
A statement by the APC acting State Chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, obtained in Osogbo on Sunday, specifically said the police command planned to replace some current DPOs considered fair with those that would assist the ruling party to clampdown on the members of opposition parties in the state.
The APC also alleged that a meeting was held in Ede between the leadership of the police and the handlers of the state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, where it was agreed that DPOs in the state should be transferred and replaced with those that would accede to order to arrest members of the opposition.
But responding to the allegations in another statement, Osun PDP acting chairman, Adekunle Akindele, chided the state’s APC for engaging in blackmail against the PDP and security agencies, clarifying that the ruling party had nothing to do with internal operations of the police.
