The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has appealed to the Osun State Police Command to investigate the murder accusation on Rasheed Adeniji.
Adeniji, the Osun APC Organising Secretary, was alleged to have shot dead one Gani Dele, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ila-Orangun, Ila Local Government Area, during the House of Assembly election on March 18, 2023.
In a statement on Monday by Tajudeen Lawal, the Osun APC Acting Chairman on Monday in Osogbo, he insisted that Adeniji was implicated by the PDP members in the ancient town.
Lawal hinted that there was need for the police to get to the root of the killing as it was reliably gathered that it was one of the PDP thugs who wanted to kill an APC member during an argument over overvoting, that actually fired the shot that killed the deceased in Ila-Orangun.
He also enjoined the police to investigate the pockets of crises that characterised the elections in some towns like Ile-Ife, Osogbo, Iragbiji, Olorunda among others where some PDP thugs had a field day unhindered.
According to the statement, “While I sympathize with the family of the deceased over the sudden death of their loved one, it is expedient to inform and charge the police to investigate the Ila-Orangun killing dispassionately in order to avoid miscarriage of justice as the APC is an ardent believer and doer of the rules of law.
“The information at my disposal reveals that the unfortunate killing of the person in Ila-Orangun was actually carried out by a PDP hoodlum but being hung on the neck of the APC chieftain by the PDP leaders in order to score a political point.”
While lamenting the reported incidents of attacks on the APC members and supporters by the PDP hoodlums in various towns in the state during the elections, Lawal also called for investigations into them with a view to bringing to justice the masterminds of the criminals
