Following incessant communal clashes and chieftaincy tussles in Osun State, the National Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Basiru said Governor Ademola Adeleke has lost grip on security of the State.
It would be recalled that that communities like Ifon and Ilobu; Ido-Osun and Halleluyah; Ede and Ebedi; Esa-Oke and Ido-Ajegunle; Iragbiji; Igbajo, Ekosin, Kajola and Iree among others have been engulfed in land tussles or Chieftaincy matters leading to loss of lives and properties in the last one year.
Rising from a recent communal clash where seven policemen were shot and four persons killed, Basiru, in a chat with reporters in Osogbo, berated Adeleke’s government for losing grip over the security situation in the State.
He said: “The Governor is only giving false hope to residents of the state he is in control but he is not. It is glaring that he is not with a series of communal clashes characterised by killing, maiming, arson, and loss of properties among others.
“Unfortunately, Adeleke is majorly the precipitator of these clashes and wrangling because he approved controversial chieftaincy matters to cause issues in peaceful domains.”
“Protection of life and property should be paramount to any responsible government but Adeleke has failed that, he also failed in other areas.
“I can assure you that APC will end all these shenanigans of Adeleke’s reign in 2026 and Osun State will be the most peaceful state in Nigeria again like the days of progressives.”
Reacting to the comment by Basiru, the Commissioner for Information, Kolapo Alimi berated the APC scribe, noting that Adeleke is in charge.
He said: “It is quite unfortunate that Basiru is playing politics with this matter. Adeleke visited all these places and also set panel of enquiries to resolve the matter. The accusations are useless, fallacious, and laughable. Adeleke is not the cause of all the crises.”
