Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has alleged that more than 60 Accord Party leaders were arrested and transferred to prisons in Abuja and Nasarawa despite the existence of federal and state courts in Osun.
The governor made the allegation on Thursday at a peace summit in Osogbo ahead of the August 15 governorship election.
According to a statement posted on his X page, Adeleke said his government and supporters had been “under siege and attacks for the past three months” and accused former governor and Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, of being behind the violence.
“I should have boycotted this peace meeting because of the violence unleashed on Osun State in the last few months, on the directive of Gboyega Oyetola,” he said.
“Our gathering is to endorse peace but my government and people are facing police-sanctioned violence and intimidation.”
