The Police Command in Osun State has arrested the state Commissioner for Environment, Mr Mayowa Asejoorin, over alleged gunshots at the All Progressives Congress(APC) campaign rally in Ilesa on Saturday.
Four persons were reportedly injured in the incident.
It was gathered that the APC supporters, during the rally in Ilesa metropolis, were allegedly attacked leading to injuring a 14-year-old Ilesanmi while some people sustained different degrees of injury.
The injured victims have been taken to the hospital for treatment.
Confirming the arrest, the Osun State Police Command spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, said the Commissioner was arrested in connection with the incident.
“Immediately the incident was reported, our personnel moved to the scene, cordoned off the area before some exhibit were recovered, which included expanded cartridges, Amotekun personnel caps.
“Also, Mr Adejoorin was arrested the scene and has been taken to the command for questioning as part of the investigation process,” he added.
Reacting, the Imole Campaign Council spokesman, Pelumi Olajengbesi, said on Saturday in Osogbo,
the arrest was nothing short of a bandit-line abduction carried out under the cover of police authority.
Olajengbesi called on the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu to reign in Osun Police Command and especially the Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gothan.
He added that Accord leaders and members will not be intimidated, and that the will of the people can not be arrested.
“The latest victim of this alarming pattern is the Honourable Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Hon Mayowa Adejoorin, a prominent native of Ikiyinwa in Obokun Local Government Area of the state.
“The manner of his arrest is particularly disturbing. We consider what happened to Hon Adejoorin nothing short of a bandit-line abduction carried out under the cover of police authority.
“For some time now, we have witnessed a disturbing pattern in which prominent Accord leaders and supporters in Ijesaland are picked up by the Police on allegations that are apparently motivated by sinister political calculations, kept away from their families, communities and campaign activities, and thereby removed from circulation at a critical period of the electoral process,” he stated.
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