The arrests were made during a police operation at a residential property linked to Igbalaye in Oroki Estate, Osogbo, where officers recovered millions of naira, electoral materials and other items suspected to be connected to possible electoral offences.
The Osun State Police Command has arrested the Secretary to the Osun State Government (SSG), Teslim Igbalaye, and several other suspects over an alleged vote-buying investigation in Osogbo.
The arrests were made during a police operation at a residential property linked to Igbalaye in Oroki Estate, Osogbo, where officers recovered millions of naira, electoral materials and other items suspected to be connected to possible electoral offences.
The development was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Gotan.
According to the police, the operation followed "credible and actionable intelligence" about the activities of a suspected criminal group operating around the Oroki Estate area of Osogbo.
