The Imole Campaign Council (TICC) has dismissed allegations by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that political thugs are being accommodated at the Osun State Government House ahead of Saturday’s governorship election.
In a statement signed by Pelumi Olajengbesi, spokesman of the council on Friday, described the allegations as false, irresponsible and reckless, insisting that Governor Ademola Adeleke would not engage in criminality or accommodate thugs anywhere, including the Government House.
He said, ‘Governor Ademola Adeleke is a staunch respecter of the rule of law, a noble man, a promoter of peace and democratic values. Governor Ademola Adeleke will not engage in criminality, directly or by proxy, or accommodate thugs anywhere, not even at the Government House, as criminally alleged by the APC.’
The council further described the APC’s allegations as ‘expired theatrics from the empty playbook of the APC’, a party it described as jittery over its inevitable defeat on Saturday.
The statement partly reads: ‘The good people of Osun State know their true aggressor and thug-sympathiser; they know those importing thugs into the state and shielding them when caught in the act.
‘Just yesterday, the APC House of Assembly candidate for Atakumosa East/West Local Government Area, Babatunde Festus Komolafe, was reportedly caught with a gun. Some two weeks ago, a notorious APC thug, Asiri Eniba, was arrested with pump-action guns.
‘Unfortunately, both men were released immediately by the police. These are just two of a number of instances.’
The campaign council urged members of the public to disregard what it described as ‘reckless disinformation and senseless claims’ by the APC and come out en masse to vote for their preferred candidate in person of Adeleke come Saturday’s election.