Osun Security Council Implements Tough Regulations Following Billboard Destruction

Osun Security Council Implements Tough Regulations Following Billboard Destruction

Osun Security Council has adopted several strategies to nip in the bud recent upsurge of political violence.

These strategies were adopted at the marathon meeting of the council held yesterday under the chairmanship of Governor Ademola Adeleke represented by his deputy, Prince Kola Adewusi.

As political brigandage and vandalism continue to take centre stage in Osogbo and other parts of Osun State in recent times, particularly in the early hours of Monday, the 11th day of May, by hoodlums alleged to be sponsored by Osun State chapter of APC, Governor Ademola Adeleke today presided over a high powered Emergency State Security Council meeting at the Governor’s Office, State Secretariat.

The meeting brought together top security commanders from the Army, Air Force, Police, DSS, Immigration, NDLEA, among others to underscore the urgency of the situation.

Members of the State Executive Council were also at the hurriedly convened emergency security meeting which lasted several hours on the way forward, especially as political activities gather momentum for the 15th of August, 2026 Governorship election.

Addressing the security echelons, Governor Ademola Adeleke, condemned the general state of lawlessness and brigandage by the alleged thugs of APC who, with an unrestrained glee, carried out defacement and destruction of his billboards as well as that of his political party, ACCORD, during the coordinated attacks allegedly led by one Asiri Eniba and his cohorts in the early hours of Monday.

Governor Adeleke at the meeting, however, called for calm, support and cooperation of all security chiefs and other stakeholders in the state.

Apparently expressing his dismay, Governor Adeleke berated the Osun State Commissioner of Police over the unbridled brigandage which he said could have been instantly curtailed by the police, if as the C.P, he had acted promptly to checkmate the political charlatans from having a free for all of their acts of lawlessness.

A statement by the Commissioner of Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi quoted Governor Adeleke as condemning the braggadocios of the alleged APC thugs who were reported to be fully armed and shooting sporadically especially at the State Secretariat entrance gate for several hours before leaving the scene.

The police, however, at the meeting defended itself over the unfortunate commando like operation by the alleged APC hoodlums. As one of the ways out, the police promised to have a roundtable discussion with the Chairmen of all political parties very soon in the state.

Earlier, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters, Barr. Samuel Ojo while briefing the top security echelons gave brief details of how some hoodlums alleged to be apologists of the opposition APC in the state had unleashed unprovoked attacks on people in addition to defacing and destroying posters and billboards of the ruling party.

Barr. Ojo also appreciated the support and cooperation of the security agencies but called for more stringent professional security actions to allay the brazen state of lawlessness being daily alleged to be masterminded by one Asiri Eniba and his gang of hoodlums taking laws into their hands.

E-Signed:
Oluomo Kolapo Alimi,
Hon. Commissioner,
Information and Public Enlightenment.