Five arrested in Osun, minister lauds security operatives.


Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan
Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan
Five persons were arrested in connection with various electoral offences in Osun State on Saturday.
The Commissioner of Police in charge of election in the state, Mr. Sam Okaula, said this in an interview with our correspondent on Saturday night.
Okaula said the election was relatively peaceful except for few cases of crisis.
The CP urged the people of the state to remain peaceful as the results of the elections were being awaited, saying anybody who was not satisfied with the result should seek legal redress and not resort to violence.
The Director of Department of State Security Service in the state, Mr. Andrew Lorkya, also commended the people of the state for being peaceful on their conduct during the election.
He also described  the elections as peaceful while urging residents to remain peaceful even after the declaration of results.
The Minister of Police Affairs, Mr. Jelili Adesiyan, commended security operatives for being professional in their conduct during the Saturday’s elections in the state.
Adesiyan said this while speaking with journalists in Ode Omu after casting his vote.
He said, ” Security operatives have been doing very well. There are no report of harassment or intimidation anywhere throughout the state. You cannot see armed security men anywhere close to the polling units.
” The soldiers are on standby and they are not Interfering with voting process so I don’t know why those who are against  their  deployment are criticizing the plan.”
He urged the electorate not to allow themselves to be used to foment trouble, saying anyone caught would be dealt with according to provision of the law.
The minister said followers of politicians from various parties should not allow their  mentors to use them to cause crisis because the politicians in different political parties today could come together tomorrow.
He said those who got killed when Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola and Governor Rauf Aregbesola were struggling for power in 2007 died in vain because the two political enemies them were now in the same party.
 
 

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