Ilorin
Trouble makers and political thugs will henceforth have no hiding place in Kwara State. This was disclosed by the Commissioner of Police in charge of Kwara State Command, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun during an on-the-spot assessment after the political crisis in Ojoku on Wednesday.
It will be recalled that violent broke out in Ojoku on Wednesday during a political campaign rally during which two people were killed and dozens others injured with properties worth millions of naira destroyed. Trouble started when an armed group of youths attacked the campaign train of the APC senatorial candidate for Kwara South, Architect Lola Ashiru who was leading his campaign train to the palace of the traditional ruler of the community. During the attack by persons suspected to be supporters of the PDP senatorial candidate who is from Ojoku, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, two people were killed and many others injured including Ashiru who escaped death by the whiskers.
Egbetokun said arrests have been made and a manhunt has been launched for other suspects who are on the run. Among those arrested, according to the police, was Kasim Omole who was said to be the arrow head of the attack. Others are Segun Ologunebi, Semiu Lawal, Olatunji Usman, Racheal Ogunde and Seun Kolapo. He said all suspects arrested would be charged to court as soon as investigations were concluded.
The police commissioner, however, assured residents of the community to go about with their normal legal businesses without fear as his men are on top of the situation.
Stop intimidating our members - PDP
Meanwhile, the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has asked the police to stop intimidating its members by the spurious arrests being made. The party stated this in a release made available to newsmen in Ilorin following the arrest of some political thugs and troublemakers by the police over recent political violence in Ojoku in the Oyun Local Government Area of the State.
According to the Kwara State publicity secretary of the PDP, Mr. Tunde Ashaolu, the police are intimidating their members with the arrest as he said there have been a reduction in the turnout of the party members and supporters since the police began what he called "spurious arrests". Ashaolu said the arrest was spurious because most of his party members arrested had no hands in the violence at Ojoku. He specifically mentioned the name of Olatunji Usman who he said was not in Kwara State on the day of the incident as a case study.
He appealed to the police to investigate those so far arrested and release those who are "innocent like Usman".
Ashaolu called on the members and supporters of the PDP to maintain peace and avoid provocation by those he said "cannot win a single vote without violence".
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