Operatives of the Osun State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, have been allegedly attacked and injured by hoodlums at the Corps command post in Awo, Egbedore Local Government Area. A statement on Monday in Osogbo by Yusuf Idowu, the state Amotekun Corps spokesperson, disclosed that the incident happened on Friday. “The Oniwoye…
Gov Ademola Adeleke of Osun has condemned the arson attack on Ilesa High Court building by yet-to-identified persons, describing the act as a criminal attack on the state judiciary. This is contained in a statement by Malam Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson for the governor, on Monday in Osogbo. Adeleke directed thorough investigation into the incident…
Mr Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has commended the Commissioner of Police in Osun, Mohammed Abba, for ensuring a peaceful and secured environment during the state local government election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the election was held on Saturday in the state. In a statement by CSP Yemisi Opalola,…
Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, has described the Saturday’s local government elections in the state as “a mere waste of tax payers’ money.” Oyintiloye, a member of defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), made the remark while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Osogbo. He noted that…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun on Monday traded words over the alleged killing of three persons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that members of both parties were locked in battle for the control of some local government secretariats. NAN gathered that while two persons were…
