Osun State Police Command has dismissed allegations by the Imole Campaign Council that it compiled a list of political figures for arrest ahead of the August 15 governorship election.
The police also insisted that its operations are aimed solely at combating crime across the state.
The allegations were made on Sunday by The Imole Campaign Council, TICC, which is coordinating the re-election campaign of Governor Ademola Adeleke.
The council claimed that the police had drawn up a list of 46 individuals, including a serving commissioner, for arrest before the election.
Addressing journalists in Osogbo, the Deputy Director-General of the campaign council, Kolapo Alimi, alleged that most of those listed were from Ikire, the headquarters of Irewole Local Government Area.
He claimed that the Commissioner for Energy, Ademola Adeyemo, was among those allegedly marked for arrest.
Alimi also alleged that an Accord chieftain in Ikire, Taofeek Akinyemi, who was reportedly shot
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