The Imole Campaign Council has asked the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to redeploy Ibrahim Gotan, the Commissioner of Police overseeing security for the Osun governorship election, alleging that he has acted in a partisan manner ahead of the poll.
In a statement issued on Saturday, Bamidele Sallam, chairman of the media and publicity sub-committee of the campaign council, accused Gotan of aiding alleged attacks by thugs linked to the All Progressives Congress (APC) against supporters of the Accord Party.
The council alleged that the police commissioner held a late-night meeting on Thursday with some APC leaders.
The campaign council further alleged that the police commissioner is “openly defying” the directive of the IGP that officers deployed for election duty should remain non-partisan.
The campaign council also claimed that since his deployment to the state, Gotan has been operating a “parallel police structure” to intimidate Accord leaders and supporters.
The council
