A group of Accord Party candidates for the 2027 National Assembly and State House of Assembly elections in Osun State on Sunday urged President Bola Tinubu to intervene and stop what it described as police intimidation and persecution of the party’s leaders and members in the state.
Addressing journalists on behalf of the Accord candidates, the member representing Ede North/Ede South/Egbedore/Ejigbo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Bamidele Salam, said the President’s intervention had become necessary in view of what he described as the growing trend of police harassment of party members.
Salam also demanded the immediate release of Alaba Ibrahim Popoola, the party’s House of Representatives candidate for Ijesa South Federal Constituency, and Mr Sodiq Olaniyan, a law student, who he said was being detained in a criminal cell over allegations of cyberstalking.
Explaining the circumstances surrounding Olaniyan’s arrest, Salam said the law student had challenged the alleged
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