APC allegedly intends to use the police to harass PDP members in Osun: PDP

The All Progressives Congress (APC) of Osun State has asked the Inspector General of Police Usman Baba to refuse requests to detain PDP officials, and the People’s Democratic Party in the state has urged him to do so.

This was stated by the PDP chapter in Osun state in a statement released in Osogbo on Friday and carried the caretaker committee chairman’s signature.

The PDP warned that such “habitual laziness and opportunistic tendencies will burst out of the roof and throw the country into flames,” according to the statement. The PDP urged the APC to “learn to play politics by the rules and not always scheming to circumvent the will of the people.”

The statement continued, “PDP reckoned that such lazy audacity is dangerous in a determined society where people are poised to exercise their right to vote in the PDP as the only political party walking the talk of their wellbeing as against the APC’s mantra of the force of poverty to suppress and repress the people.

“We caution the APC national secretary, Iyiola Omisore, and his fellow passengers in this latest voyage to exercise restraint and stop underestimating the strength and determination of the good people of Osun State.”

Additionally, the PDP claimed that using the police to intimidate and harass members of the public would be counterproductive.

Additionally, they urged the IG to defy pressure and ignore any accusations brought forth by the APC against the party, arguing that they are wholly unfounded.

The party also asked President Muhammadu Buhari to turn his spotlight on the APC’s plans to use the police to disturb the peace of the state before the upcoming election.

The PDP further demanded that the IGP thoroughly look into APC “political warmongers, whose only route to self-survival is violence and bloodshed,” claiming that the people of Osun should not be taken for granted.

The gathering urged the state commissioner of police to conduct himself with professionalism in both personal and professional situations.