Latest reports emerging from Osun State, western Nigeria,
suggest that men of the Nigerian Army and mobile policemen on
Wednesday, 6 August, 2014, took over venue of a rally organised by
workers in Osun state to show support for the re-election of Governor
Rauf Aregbesola.
According to a report published by P.M NEWS, stern and gun-wielding
security operatives stormed the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, venue of
the pro Aregbesola rally, as early as 7am today and disrupted activities
planned ahead of the rally.
“Stern and gun-wielding security agents stopped those who had
arrived the venue to decorate it ahead of the programme slated for 10:00
a.m. this morning,” said Kunle Oyatomi, Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy for the APC in Osun.
He said no reason has been given for the unlawful occupation of the venue of the event, and “the APC Osun Chapter seriously condemns the closure of the democratic space against the people of State.”
Oyatomi added that more worrisome is the concealment of the
identities of the supposed security agents some of whom wore masks and
threatened to shoot those who had arrived early for the programme.
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