File photo: Former Minister of Interior of Nigeria. Rauf Aregbesola
The African Democratic Congress has raised the alarm over an alleged plan by security agencies to arrest its National Secretary, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State.
The opposition party said it received what it described as credible information about plans to arrest the former Osun State governor in the days leading to the election, warning that any such action could heighten political tension in the state.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said the party was concerned about what it described as a pattern of intimidation, harassment and alleged misuse of state institutions against opposition figures.
“The African Democratic Congress has received credible reports of plans to arrest our National Secretary, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, in the days leading to Saturday’s Osun State election,” the statement read.
