The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has strongly condemned the freezing of local government allocations to Osun State, describing the action as “political terrorism” by the Federal Government.
In a statement issued on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party accused the Bola Tinubu-led administration of weaponising state institutions to punish the people of Osun and undermine the state government ahead of the August 15 governorship election.
“This is not an administrative decision or a legal dispute. It is political terrorism by the Bola Tinubu-led APC government, carried out with the instruments of the Nigerian state in order to achieve the singular objective of undermining the state government ahead of the coming governorship election in the state,” the statement read.
The ADC said the withholding of statutory funds forms part of a broader campaign of intimidation.
It listed the continued occupation of local government councils by unelected APC loyalists, the arrest
