Call Osun Police Commissioner To Order Over His Plot Redeploy DPOs In The State, Osun APC Tells IGP

All Progressives Congress, APC, Osun State Chapter has called on the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba to caution the state Police Commissioner, Kehinde Longe from becoming a willing tool of government to punish opposition party members in the state.

According to a statement signed by the State Acting Chairman, Tajudeen Lawan he alleged that the CP had after meeting with the PDP leadership concluded plans to redeploy Divisional Police Officers across the state with a view to imposing compromised ones to deal with APC members ahead of the general elections next month.

He added that the CP has agreed to help the ruling party muzzle opposition voices in the state by embarking on massive arrests using DPOs that will be deployed any moment from Monday.

The statement reads; “This is a serious problem that we are contending with which is capable of adding to the political upheaval in the state where the members of the opposition and their supporters are being attacked by suspected PDP thugs for no reason.

“We have the privileged information that the DPOs are to be transferred massively in order to give way to compromised ones who would always be ready to carry out any illegal orders of Governor Ademola and the PDP.

“We are appealing to the IGP to call the Osun CP to order. We are equally appealing to the other sister security agencies in the state to discharge their statutory duties with neutrality and desist from any assignment capable of impugning the image of their outfits.

“It is our resolve that acceding to illegal arrest of any of our members and leaders is an invitation to anarchy which will not do anyone any good.

In order to corroborate our allegation and fear, some of our members were invited by a section of the statutory security agencies in the state over their remarks on social media just last week”.

Meanwhile, the Osun State Police Command Spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola described the allegation of the State APC Chairman as baseless and lacking any substance.

She said;   “I am not aware of any plot to arrest opposition party members nor the massive transfer of DPOs across the state. The CP is focused on the maintenance of law and order across the state.”