Suspected political thugs on Monday invaded Olorunda Local Government Secretariat, Igbona, in Osogbo, Osun State wielding machetes and other dangerous weapons, despite the presence of police officers deployed from the Dugbe Police Division.
Penpushing reports that the thugs who came in buses and on motorcycle were earlier seen loitering around the council secretariat at about 12:59 p.m, a development coming barely days before Saturday’s local government election coming up across the state.
The gate of the secretariat, however, remained locked while shop owners in the area were seen hurriedly closing their shops upon the arrival of the thugs, with many residents scampering for safety, while sources also revealed that tension had also been reported in several other local government areas in the state.
Penpushing further reports that the Osun State Police Command Public Relations Officer Yemisi Opalola when contacted explained that police personnel had been deployed to local councils across the state to maintain law and order.
The development it was gathered might not be unconnected with the violence which trailed an attempt by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to take over the secretariat, a move said to have been resisted by members reportedly loyal to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State
Penpushing also reports that it is recalled that the Court of Appeal, in a recent ruling, ordered that council chairmen, elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who Governor Ademola Adeleke earlier dissolved, be reinstated into their offices.
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