From Lateef Dada, Osogbo
Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged plans by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to kill Governor Ademola Adeleke and take over the state.
The state chairman, Sunday Bisi, at a press conference, said the plan by the IGP to prevent the Saturday local government election from being held has been exposed.
“Mr Egbetokun’s deliberate deployment of Special Forces under him to escort some miscreants into the local government councils in the state was nothing but a blatant coup and obviously one out of the many mapped out plans to assassinate the Governor of our dear state, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, whose instruction to restore peace and order as the chief security officer of Osun State, was flagrantly violated by Mr. Egbetokun.
“We understand that His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has been interfacing with Egbetokun, with the sole aim of ensuring peace after the fatal fracas on Monday, occasioned by forceful attempts by the sacked chairmen and councillors purportedly elected on the platform of opposition Apc before the advent of PDP administration in the state.
“The whole world must warn and prevail on Mr Kayode Egbetokun to desist from being an enabler of orchestrated attempts on the life of our Governor. These plans we want to emphasise have been on the cards of the APC in Osun State since the good people of Osun State voted them out of office in 2022.
“The desperation to get rid of Mr Governor and take over the State through whatever means possible has been rife and clear enough since Apc was shut out of government in Osun.
“We are not unaware that the desperation of Mr Egbetokun and his APC cohorts is ultimately to prevent the local government election from holding in Osun State on Saturday, 22nd of February 2025.
“We are aware that Mr Egbetokun is ready to bend all the rules, aid and abet killings of Osun people, especially members of the ruling PDP as we witnessed on Monday, but the IGP should be told in clear terms that he will fail,” Bisi said.