No doubt, 2013 governorship election in Osun State has started gathering
momentum with its various features. Campaigns, meetings, forming of various
political groups and most importantly allegations upon allegation.
Take for instance, a close associate
of Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State and Director General of De Raufs, a
volunteer group championing the second term ambition of Governor Aregbesola,
Mr. Amitolu Shittu has just raised the alarm that his life was under threat for
his organisation’s support for Aregbesola’s re-election bid.
Mr. Shittu, a renowned human rights
activist and former Deputy National Chairman, South West, of the de-registered
National Conscience Party, NCP, has been soliciting support for Governor Aregbesola.
Addressing a press conference at his
office in Osogbo yesterday, Shittu disclosed that he had received several
threat messages on his mobile phone in the last two weeks by anonymous persons.
He noted that the threat against his
life might not be unconnected with his support for the second term ambition of
Governor Aregbesola, stressing that the threat would not stop him from further
canvassing for peoples’ support for Aregbesola’s second term in office.
He hinted that he had reported the
matter to both the Police and the State Security Service (SSS) in Osogbo, the
state capital.
Meanwhile, this allegation or better
called raising of alarm is not new in Osun Politics. Anyone close to the incumbent
administration is potentially exposed to such a political gimmick.
Meanwhile, security agencies in Osun
State as well as journalists are advised to conduct thorough investigation on
this matter. Amitolu’s political antecedent is not hidden to the people of the
state.
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