The Osun State All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Governor Ademola Adeleke to cease dismissing the state’s security concerns.
The Party also expressed concern for Osun’s security, particularly before, during, and after the nationwide general elections.
In a statement released by the party’s acting chairman Tajudeen Lawal on Monday, the party also recounted that at least 30 members of the opposition APC were allegedly killed by thugs who were supposedly supported by the PDP.
The party bemoaned that during the previous week, notably on Wednesday and Friday, two kidnapping occurrences took place along the coast, while arguing that Governor Adeleke is not doing enough to protect the lives of citizens and their property.
“As of the time of making this statement with the exception of a woman whose release was secured by the police on Sunday, the victims were said to still be in captivity.
“A caring governor would have either condemned the two kidnapping incidents in his territory within three days or rushed back from Abuja as the number one security officer of the state.
“It is saddening that as I speak, Governor Adeleke has no comment of condemnation to his credit on all the murder incidents that happened so far in his four-month-old administration.
“His handling of Osun affairs has shown that governance of a state is not a tea party which is the reason why it is not the best arrangement to make the state a laboratory for greenhorns in the management of the affairs of human beings and resources,” the acting state APC chairman hinted.”
Osun APC justified its claim of thuggery activities being on the rise by narrating how Governor Adeleke denied being attacked by thugs, only for them to be arraigned in court.
Recall that the Nigeria Police, Osun Command had disclosed that a female passenger among those abducted on Friday along the Osogbo-Ikirun Road, has been released.
Yemisi Opalola, the Osun Police Command spokesperson also disclosed that efforts to secure the release of the other abductees have commenced.
In the early hours of Friday last week, passengers in a commercial vehicle travelling on the Osogbo-Ikirun Road were abducted, except the driver, who managed to escape.
Osun has been generally referred to as one of the most peaceful states in the country until the 2023 general elections where pockets of violent attacks were recorded.
The most affected part of the state was the Osun East Senatorial District comprising of the Ife and Ijesa zones.