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Osun Govt Laments Attempted Murder Of Park Management Chair By Police
Osun State Government has decried the shooting of the Chairman of the state Transport Management System, Comrade Iyanda Alowonle over a domestic matter.
This is contained in a statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Alimi, on Tuesday in Osogbo, the state capital.
The statement said Alowonle, who was in police custody before the incident is currently on life support at the Intensive Care Unit of the State Teaching Hospital, adding that he was shot in the abdomen.
According to the statement, video clips of Alowonle in handcuffs and under interrogation circulating on the media space did not indicated that he was trying to escape.
The statement stressed that the fact that he was shot in the abdomen as video from his hospital bed confirmed proved that he was shot at close range with intent to eliminate him.
It added that the interactions between the Special Adviser on Security Matters to the State Governor, Mr Samuel Ojo and the Head of Anti-Kidnapping Squad, Moses Lohor provided direct proof that the incident was premeditated to murder Mr Alowonle.
“We also note that the issue that generated the purported arrest was a civil matter, not criminally related to have warranted the involvement of Mr Moses Lohor, the head of the Anti-Kidnapping squad except for the repeat of a recent pattern of police harassment of officials of the state government on partisan motivation.
“The programmed attempted murder of Mr Alowonle is just one in the series of shootings and attacks on officials of the state by the head of anti-kidnapping squad who regularly acted with impunity and who has not hidden his vow to eliminate supporters of the state government.
“As we summoned several meetings to calm frayed nerves today, we struggled hard to stop reprisal attacks against police establishments across the state due to what the public now see as police partisan conduct in breach of the law.
“We also call the attention of the National Security Adviser to the increasing threat to peace in Osun state amidst threat to unleash violence ahead of 2026 election
“We call on the Inspector General of Police to rise to the occasion and abandon any signal that may portray him as acting against Osun peace and stability”, the statement partly read.
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