Ayo, a patriotic citizen of the state, in a rather cheerful mood, described the police as a "mortuary agency" and its vehicles as "ambulances," claiming they have transported more dead bodies lately than the agency actually charged with that duty.

The Osun poll is barely three weeks to go and it appears to me that the Nigeria Police Force, particularly CP Ibrahim Gotan, is telling voters that ballots in this state come with bruises, according to words on the streets. Better put, fresh graves by morning, and a 3-paragraph press release about “restoring normalcy”: the best policing in the world.

Ayo, a patriotic citizen of the state, in a rather cheerful mood, described the police as a "mortuary agency" and its vehicles as "ambulances," claiming they have transported more dead bodies lately than the agency actually charged with that duty.

Aside from the fact that Ayo had no statistics to back his claim, his reasoning was also off.

"How many people have died due to gross negligence on the part of the police?" I asked.