The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Osun State chapter has said that with the active collaboration of the Osun State Police Command, and the South West Security Network Agency, Amotekun Osun, is involved in the systematic killing and maiming of its members.
The Osun PDP, which called for a change in the Osun Police Command leadership architecture, also alleged that thugs backed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) actively aided by policemen and Amotekun operatives were involved in the violence.
The allegation, contained in a statement signed by Akindele Adekunle, Chairman, Caretaker Transition Committee, Osun PDP, was made available to reporters on Wednesday in Osogbo.
He revealed that political thugs supported by armed policemen and Amotekun had started going to houses of PDP members.
As a result of the violent raids, the Osun PDP alleged that two PDP of its members were killed on Tuesday, while more than eight were injured.
According to the statement, “The rampaging thugs officially condoned and sponsored by the APC State government attacked the housing quarters of a PDP chieftain at Osogbo, shooting his families and carting away his vehicles.
“As at the time of this statement, two members of his household are dead, while he escaped death by chance. The family members attested to it that the thugs were accompanied by police and Amotekun operatives.
“At Iwara area of Ilesa, the same team of thugs and policemen raided the house of two PDP chieftains, wounding many members of their household through gunshots. Across Osun State, our members are reporting increasing cases of physical intimidation and harassment.”
The party, while assuring that it remained committed to a peaceful election in Osun State, warned that no level of violent agenda can stop the people from exercising their right to elect a capable leader as their governor.
“As much as we are committed to peaceful politicking and as we appeal to our members to be law-abiding, our patience is wearing out. We call on the Inspector General of Police to immediately redeploy the Osun state Commissioner of Police for aiding and abetting political thuggery.
“The State-sponsored violence is reaching a boiling point as the APC agents of terror are now going house to house ahead of the July 16 elections,” it said.
Meanwhile, the Osun State Police Command has stated that the two dead persons were shot by operatives of Amotekun Osun.
Describing their deaths as a murder incident in a press statement signed by the Command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, it revealed that both Waheed Akinpelu and Kazeem Rasaq were killed at about 9:00am on Tuesday, June 14, 2022.
“The preliminary investigation conducted revealed that some youths at Sabo, plantation area of Osogbo, Osun State were allegedly attacked and shot by the South West Security Network (Amotekun Corps), which prompted some youths to embark on a protest against the action of the corps.
“In view of this, the house of the Field Marshal of the Amotekun corps, Comrade Amitolu Shittu was attacked by some angry youths and he immediately called for the assistance of the Police, which the Commissioner of Police, CP Olawale Olokode, psc responded to by drafting officers to the scene to restore normalcy.
“Therefore, the CP wishes to use this medium to condole with the fami