The Governor of the state of Osun, Ogbeni
Rauf Aregbesola on Wednesday evening said should anything happen to any
member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun ahead of the
August 9 election, the Minister of State, Defence, Mr. Musiliu
Obanikoro, should be held responsible.
The governor, at the launch of the students’ smart identity card at
Salvation Army Middle School in Alekuwodo noted that it is on good
authority that Obanikoro in conjunction with the Police Affairs
Minister, Mr. Jelil Adesiyan have instructed security personnel to shoot
and kill two of APC members.
He charged security agents to play by the rules, saying with what
happened at the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park Monday morning, where people
who were supposed to campaign for APC were turned back by security
agents while same security agents allowed People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) campaign in Alekuwodo in Osogbo.
Aregbesola questioned what Musiliu Obanikoro is doing in Osun; noting
that members of APC have been told to be law-abiding but with the
recent provocation, people when pushed to the wall will react.
He said, “How could a party like the PDP be this desperate, Obanikoro
with Jelili Adesiyan told the security agents that by the time two
members of the APC are shot at and killed by the police, other members
will learn from it, and with that the stiff resistance of APC will be
destroyed.
