Fresh plot to kill Aregbesola uncovered – APC; Police refute claim of attack on minister’s convoy
The Osun State chapter of the APC has alleged that a fresh plot to kill the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has been uncovered.
Abiodun Agboola, Publicity Secretary, Osun APC said the plot was being hatched by political thugs sponsored by the Osun state government.
Full text of the statement reads:
We wish to inform the general public and security agencies in the State of a plot to kill the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, by default by the state government sponsored political thugs.
We said by default because the plan was to lay ambush for the Minister’s entourage and dealt them massive attacks on his way to visit Iwo Federal Constituency today.
The heinous plan which was hatched at the Okefia government house last night was to ensure that the Iwo federal constituency meeting is stopped.
Sources revealed that the Governor Oyetola’s group were pained that the Minister escaped the assassination plot yesterday and are determined to make sure that he is hacked down today.
The leadership of the Hon. Rasaq Salinsile led All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State of Osun therefore called on security agencies in the state to be proactive in designing a foolproof measure that will bring to naught, the evil plot by the Governor Oyetola’s group.
We are reliably informed that some government officials, apparently acting on the directive of the governor met at the Government House till about 12am with the mandate to frustrate today’s meeting in Iwo by all means, including killing if it comes to that.
Immediately after the meeting, our source said calls were put through to the government head thug to prepare his men very well for the execution of the evil plot.
It would be recalled that Aregbesola escaped death yesterday when armed political hoodlums attacked his convoy at Orisunmibare, Osogbo.
We are also reliably informed that plans are afoot by these desperate elements to clothe their thugs in Alhaji Moshood Adeoti’s T-shirts with the directive to attack members of the public and cause mayhem in town with a view to rope the gentleman aspirant in.
We are therefore calling on security agencies to act professionally to nip the deadly plan in the bud.
We also call on all men of goodwill across the state to plead with the Oyetola government from turning Osun into a jungle where all misunderstandings must be settled by violence.
We note that things were not like this in eight years of his predecessor as Osun was credited with huge acknowledgement of peacefulness and tranquility.
E-Signed
Abiodun Agboola
Publicity Secretary
Osun APC
Police refute claim of attack on minister’s convoy
By Olajide Idowu
Osogbo, Feb. 15, 2022
The Police Command in Osun has denied the report that the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, was attacked and shot at by hoodlums in Osogbo.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Yemisi Opalola, in a statement on Monday in Osogbo, said that it was some of the minister’s escort that shot into the air without provocation, causing people to scramble for safety.
“Today, Monday, at about 5.40pm, the Minister of Interior, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola was moving in convoy of personnel of NSCDC, Correctional Service, Immigration, as well as some unidentified armed people, suspected to be political thugs along Orisumbare/MFS Road, Osogbo.
“Suddenly, some of the security escorts of the minister started shooting sporadically into the air without any provocation nor attack, thereby causing members of the public to scramble for their safety.
“Thirteen empty shells of G-3, assault and AK-37 rifle were recovered along the road after the minister’s departure.
“No casualty, however, was recorded”, the PPRO pointed out.
She, however, said that the report of the incident was still sketchy, adding full report would be made available at the end of investigation.
According to her, the situation is under close monitoring and normalcy has returned.
The Publicity Secretary of a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Abiodun Agboola, had in a statement alleged that Aregbesola’s convoy was attacked by some armed political thugs at Orisunmibare, Osogbo, while coming from Ilesa.
“Today’s attempt on the life of the minister is a confirmation that Osun is no longer a safe state.
“We can only pray that the Almighty would keep the good people of Osun and her well-wishers safe”, Agboola had said.
