Stop Hounding Appointees For Political Reasons, Osun Govt Tells Police
Stop Hounding Appointees For Political Reasons, Osun Govt Tells Police The Osun State Government has cautioned the Nigeria Police against the unwholesome practice of witch-hunting its officials to serve political purpose, noting that the core responsibility of the Police is to secure Nigerians, irrespective of political persuasions, not a tool of oppression. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, the Osun State Government expressed concerns on the increasing pattern of entrenched political actors weaponizing the Police to intimidate and harass officials as the 2026 election draw closer, stressing that the police in Osun state in cohort with some desperate politicians are doing everything to criminalise officials serving in the Adeleke administration through phantom petitions. Oluomo Alimi urged the Inspector-General of the Police (IGP and the Police Service Commission (PSC) to beam its searchlight to Osun state over...