Osun State Government has accused the state Police Command of witch-hunting its officials to serve a political purpose.
The government expressed concerns about the increasing pattern of entrenched political actors weaponising the Police to intimidate and harass officials as the 2026 election draws closer.
In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, the government stressed that the police in Osun state, in cooperation with some “desperate politicians”, were doing everything to criminalise officials serving in the Adeleke administration through phantom petitions.
Alimi urged the Inspector-General of the Police and the Police Service Commission to beam its searchlight to Osun state over the “unprofessional conduct of its officials”, pointing out that weaponising police to serve a political purpose is at variance with the job entrusted to the service by the Constitution and other enabling laws.
He said, “As a Government that has shown serious commitment to law and order, we find it alarming that officials in the government are being hounded by the Police for political reasons. In a democracy like ours, holding political beliefs should not be a crime, and that is why we find it totally unacceptable for the Police to be targeting our officials on frivolous petitions.”
He added, “At a time like this when the Police are expected to be focused on taming insecurity and keeping Nigerians safe and secure, it is distasteful to note that some officers in the Osun State Command are running political errands, acting outside their core responsibilities to shut down voices deemed to be critical of those behind their acts.”
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