The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun, has given an account of the arrest of the Secretary to the State Government, Teslim Igbalaye, that contradicts the version given by the state police command’s spokesperson.
Egbedun accused the state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan, of ordering the arrest of Igbalaye, in retaliation for being booed at a public event.
He said the abuse of power involved “should be a source of concern and embarrassment to every patriotic Nigerian.”
In a personally signed statement on Thursday, the Speaker said he witnessed the trigger for the arrest at an Independent National Electoral Commission stakeholders’ meeting he attended alongside the Deputy Governor and Igbalaye.
“We all witnessed the unfortunate moment when Commissioner Gotan was booed while on the podium by citizens of Osun State. Immediately he returned to his seat, he looked directly towards us. At that moment, the SSG
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