The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State has strongly condemned the alleged assassination attempt on Wakeel Nurudeen Iyanda Alowonle, the Chairman of the Osun State Transport Management System, OSTMS.
The party in a statement by Sunday Bisi, its chairman, also called for the immediate prosecution of Moses Lohor, the head of the Osun State Police Command Anti-Kidnapping Squad and members of his team for shooting Alowonle late on Monday night. Bisi described the incident as a deliberate escalation of political violence and intimidation orchestrated by thoughtless forces working for the APC .
'We again call on the IGP, the NSA, and the Police Service Commission to act quickly and firmly to rebuild public confidence in the police force and guarantee justice is delivered.' Meanwhile, the Osun All Progressives Congress, APC, in its own statement commended the state police command for its proactive approach in ridding the state of criminal elements.
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