Authorities Deploy Soldiers Police DSS Operatives as Oyetola Aregbesola’s Loyalists Slug it Out, Security Agents comprising Soldiers, Police officers, and operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have stormed the roads of Osogbo in a show of force for the governorship primary we election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State.
Another team of armed security personnel took up positions in and around the state secretariat of the party. They had on standby an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC).
Locked in the race for the APC ticket are the incumbent Governor, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola; a former Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Moshood Adeoti and a former Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuf.
Osogbo, the state capital in particular has recorded some shootings and intimidation of residents by suspected thugs in the last few days, raising tension ahead of the primaries.
Authorities Deploy Soldiers Police DSS Operatives as Oyetola Aregbesola’s Loyalists Slug it Out
The situation is not helped by the war of words between supporters of the governor and those of Adeoti who is being backed by Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola.
The armed security personnel were sighted in operational vehicles at about 8pm on Friday patrolling the streets of Osogbo ostensibly to warn trouble makers to keep the peace.
Police Public Relation Officee of the State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, said the police were fully ready to ensure there would be no security during the exercise
She said: “Preparation for the APC primary election is intact. We have more men now. I won’t say the actual number of those deployed. By God’s grace, we have mounted checks in all the boundaries to the state. We are ready for the task.”