The Executive Director of World Institute for Peace, Lamina Omotoyosi after submitting the petition at the Force Headquarters on Monday. Credit: WIP
The World Institute for Peace has raised the alarm over rising political violence in Osun State and other parts of Nigeria, warning that the deteriorating security situation could degenerate into a state of emergency if security agencies fail to act decisively before the forthcoming governorship election.
The group’s Executive Director, Lamina Omotoyosi, sounded the alarm on Monday in Abuja while submitting petitions to the Inspector General of Police, the Director General of the Department of State Services and the Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, urging them to take urgent steps to rein in political thuggery across the country.
He said the petitions were necessitated by growing concerns over a fresh wave of politically motivated violence sweeping through Osun State, where, he said, several persons had been murdered in recent months in circumstances linked to political rivalry.
“If the political thuggery that is going on or that is rocking our dear state Osun, if the security agencies refuse to put an end to it, I want to tell you that it may resort to a kind of state of emergency,” he warned.
