Police Aiding APC to Rig Osun Election, Alleges Governor Adeleke

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke accused the police of aiding the All Progressives Congress (APC) in attempts to intimidate voters and manipulate the ongoing governorship election. Adeleke made these allegations to journalists shortly after casting his vote, claiming that some security personnel were disrupting voting in various parts of the state.

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On authority information that there is one police officer that they brought to come and do a hatchet job in the APC Osun, from Port Harcourt. They call his nickname London. He’s here in Ede hiding. His own job is to come and destroy Ede and then avoid so that he can scare people, shooting so that they will not vote. So I’m calling Inspector-General of Police to take note. I am calling on the security agencies to take note. They should redeploy him.

He urged the Inspector-General of Police and other security agencies to investigate the situation and ensure neutrality among security personnel during the election. The governor specifically alleged that a police officer from Port Harcourt, known by the nickname “London,” was deployed to Ede to disrupt the election. "His own job is to come and destroy Ede and then avoid so that he can scare people, shooting so that they will not vote," Adeleke stated, calling for the officer's redeployment.

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We don’t want him in Osun, we don’t want violence in Osun. All we want is free and fair election so that people can perform their civic duties.

Adeleke emphasized his desire for a peaceful election, stating, "We don’t want him in Osun, we don’t want violence in Osun. All we want is free and fair election so that people can perform their civic duties." He also raised concerns about the collation of results, insisting that results should follow the established process from polling units to wards and local government areas before reaching the state capital, calling the APC's alleged attempt to bypass this "unacceptable."

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The pattern of voting should be from units to wards to local government. Not that they will take local government collation straight to state capital. That is unacceptable.

Furthermore, the governor alleged that the APC attempted to introduce fake ballot papers and that police officers were using tear gas against voters in Modakeke and Obaagun to scare them away. He also claimed that political thugs had stolen a ballot box in one affected area, urging security agencies to act to prevent Osun State from becoming a "war zone."

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That is a form of rigging, and I am calling on the authorities that the APC have tried to rig and have some fake ballot papers. I want Osun people to watch out for that too.