Osun APC, Adeleke govt disagree on IG’s security claims

Osun State Government and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, on Monday, differed on the expected outcome after the meeting Governor Ademola Adeleke had with the Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu.

The PUNCH reports that the visiting IGP had told the governor that the Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan, informed him that some wanted suspects had been found to be hibernating in the Government House.

Adeleke, however, dismissed the allegations, saying Gotan had acted unprofessionally by deliberately refusing to arrest criminals reportedly hiding behind the political shield of the APC.

Reacting to the IGP’s comment during his visit to the governor, the Commissioner for Information, Kolapo Alimi, in a video circulated on social media on Monday, said Disu’s remarks may embolden criminals in the state.

“What IGP did is a subtle form of blackmail to embolden criminals. When the IGP said he had a report from the Commissioner of Police that some criminals had been stuck in the Government House for two years, did he just hear the report? What step has the CP taken over the report, or did he just hear the report?” Alimi said.

“This is because I was there when the IGP came.

When they entered and raised the issue with the governor, what did the governor say before the IGP raised the issue on camera? If you raise it, have you taken the steps you were supposed to take? The Inspector-General of Police must know that whatever he says is in the public domain.

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“Maybe we should say it is subtle blackmail or they just want to play to the gallery to support what the APC and BANIK are saying,” Alimi said.

Reacting, the APC berated Alimi, saying his description of the IGP as a subtle blackmailer for raising the issue of the allegation against the governor was misplaced.

The party, in a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Olabisi, obtained in Osogbo, also accused the Adeleke administration of needlessly injecting politics into serious security issues in the state.

He advised the IGP that police action towards smoking out criminals allegedly being lodged in the Osun State Government House should be extended to other places, including houses owned by the governor’s relations.

Olabisi rated the current administration low in terms of performance.

He said there would be respite for the people of the state as the APC governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, would provide purposeful and inclusive leadership if elected.