Osun PDP alleges IGP involvement in plot against Governor Adeleke

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has accused the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, of complicity in a plot to assassinate Governor Ademola Adeleke.

Addressing a press conference, Sunday Bisi, Osun PDP Chairman, accused the IGP of actively undermining the governor’s instruction to restore peace and order as the Chief Security Officer of the State, was flagrantly violated by Mr. Egbetokun.

Bisi pointed to the IGP’s deployment of Special Forces to escort miscreants into local government councils as evidence of his involvement in a larger scheme to destabilize the state and target Governor Adeleke.

He called on the international community to hold the IGP accountable for any harm that may befall the governor or other members of the party.

His words: “Mr Egbetokun’s deliberate deployment of Special Forces under him to escort some miscreants into the local government councils in the state was nothing but a blatant coup and obviously one out of the many mapped out plans to assassinate the Governor of our dear State, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, whose instruction to restore peace and order as the Chief Security Officer of Osun State, was flagrantly violated by Mr Egbetokun.

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“We understand that His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has been interfacing with Egbetokun, with the sole aim of ensuring peace after the fatal fracas on Monday, occassioned by forceful attempts by the sacked chairmen and councillors purportedly elected on the platform of opposition Apc before the advent of PDP administration in the state.

“The whole world must warn and prevail on Mr Kayode Egbetokun to desist from being an enabler of orchestrated attempts on the life of our Governor. This plans we want to emphasize, have being on the cards of the APC in Osun State, since the good people of Osun State voted them out of office in 2022.

“The desperation to get rid of Mr Governor and take over the State through whatever means possible has been rife and clear enough since APC was shut out of government in Osun.

“These comments are made here today for record purposes and the world must hold the Inspector General of Police accountable in the event of any ugly eventualities in the Osun .

“One wonders how and why the IGP sidetracked the Governor of Osun State before taking a stand on the copies of the judgement at his disposal on the disputes over local government administration in the state.

“The motive of security reinforcement if required and as discussed with Egbetokun by His Excellency, the Governor, has not only been betrayed by Mr Egbetokun, but has also set dangerous routes for trouble makers to carry out their dastardly act even when the state has just lost almost 10 of our sons and daughters to violent confrontations in less than 48hours ago.”

Bisi also said that the party is not unaware of the desperations of the IGP and APC to prevent the local government election from holding in Osun State on Saturday, 22nd of February 2025.

He said, “We are not unaware that the desperation of Mr Egbetokun and his APC cohorts is ultimately to prevent the local government election from holding in Osun State on Saturday, 22nd of February 2025. We are aware that Mr Egbetokun is ready to bend all the rules, aid and abet killings of Osun people, especially members of the ruling PDP as we witnessed on Monday, but the IGP should be told in clear terms that he will fail.

“Osun State is not a state to be intimidated by anyone, even if the present experience was part of the basis for which Egbetokun’s expired tenure of office was elongated.”