The Osun State Police Command Sunday ordered the cancellation of the
rally organised by the loyalists oa governorship aspirant on the
platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Senator
Iyiola Omisore, and dispersed members of his campaign group within the
three senatorial districts in the state
The police, who combed the Government Technical College, Osogbo, venue
of the rally organised by the Omisore Youths Support Forum (OYSF) as
early as 9.05a.m., disallowed the rally from holding at the college
which was earlier booked for the event.
THISDAY a gathered that the police, numbering nine dispersed members of
the OYSF who converged at the venue, a development which made the
organisers of the rally to relocate to the volley ball court of the
college where the rally was eventually held at about 12.30p.m.
The coordinator of OYSF in the state, Mr. Felix Fadipe, said the
principal of the college had approved the use of the college football
field for the rally upon the payment of N20,000 by the organisation.
He said members of the group and other loyalists of Omisore who came
from all the 30 local government areas of the state to solidarise with
him were sent out of the venue by the police.
When the rally eventually took place, the police took position in
strategic areas at the college premises and their vehicles were seen
moving from time to time at the premises of the college.
Fadipe described the development as unpatrotic of the police saying
“We were denied the opportunity to organise a rally in our state in a
democratic era. This shows intolerance on the part of the powers-that-be
in the state.”
Also, the former Commissioner for Agriculture in the state, Chief
Adekunle Alao, who condemned the development, said Governor Rauf
Aregbesola’s days were numbered in the state, adding that Omisore would
take over from Aregbesola come 2014.
He noted that the people of the state were hungry for a change in
governance, and assured them that the PDP government of Omisore would
change the scope of things in the state.
When contacted for her comments on the development, the state Police
Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mrs Flashade Odoro, said she would
investigate the matter and get back to journalists on the matter.
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