Governor Ademola Adeleke’s campaign team, the Imole Campaign Council, TICC, has accused the Osun State Police Command of attempting to influence the August 15, 2026 governorship election.
The council also alleged that the recent arrest of the Secretary to the State Government, Teslim Igbalaye, was politically motivated.
In a statement issued on Thursday by its spokesperson, Pelumi Olajengbesi, the campaign council described the operation as a reckless abuse of authority and claimed it reflected what it called the police command’s partisanship ahead of the election.
“The Osun Police Command, led by Commissioner of Police Ibrahim Gotan, had departed from its constitutional responsibility of maintaining law and order and had instead become involved in political activities.
“The arrest of Igbalaye and others was part of an attempt to remove key Accord leaders and mobilisers from the political scene before the governorship poll. We reject allegations linking the arrested individuals to criminal activities.
“The unlawful raid on the home and arrest of the SSG, Hon. Igbalaye, has proven our concerns right. Attempts by the police to portray the arrested officials as criminals is nothing but a comical relief hurriedly put up to whitewash a terrible policing job,” the campaign team said.
TICC argued that any police watch list remained an internal security document unless an individual had been officially declared wanted.
It described references to such a list in relation to Igbalaye as “irresponsible and a brazen act of blackmail”.
The campaign council also challenged the police’s interpretation of electoral laws, insisting that the Electoral Act
