The Osun Amotekun Corps has rejected claims by the All Progressives Congress Governorship Campaign Council that it sent 50 operatives to guard a power plant owned by Governor Ademola Adeleke’s elder brother, Dr Deji Adeleke, in Ondo State.
Osun Amotekun’s spokesperson, Yusuf Idowu, in a statement on Monday, described the allegation as “entirely false, baseless, misleading, and incapable of withstanding any objective scrutiny.”
He noted that the allegations are merely a deliberate attempt to drag the Corps into unnecessary political controversy.”
The denial followed an APC statement credited to its Director General of Osun APC gubernatorial campaign, Hon. Wole Oke, alleging that 50 Amotekun operatives led by Commander Aseye Matthew Olusola and Kazeem Raji, alias “Emin Esu”, were stationed at Pacific Energy Company in Omotosho, Ondo State.
APC further claimed that one operative, Mr Abdullahi Adedeji, died after a motorcycle accident while travelling to the facility.
Amotekun, however, said the named officers “are currently carrying out their lawful duties within the Corps’ Headquarters in Osogbo and other designated locations in Osun State.”
“At no time were such operatives deployed to Ondo State for any assignment related to the power plant as alleged,” the Corps stated.
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