Controversy has surrounded the alleged arrest of the
Personal Assistant of the Commissioner for Regional Integration and Special
Duties, Olalekan Badmus.
It was gathered that the PA was allegedly detained at the
Oke Baale Police Station but the commissioner denied the allegation.
When contacted, the Osun State Police Public Relations
Officer, Opalola Yemisi, promised to get back to our correspondent on the
matter.
In a viral post, the commissioner’s PA was said to be
arrested with thumbprinted ballot papers.
“The Personal Assistant to Hon. Lekan Badmus (Commissioner
for Special Duties) of Osun State has just been arrested with thumb printed
ballots and a bag full of money for vote buying.
“He is been called has been handed over to the police and
currently cooling off in the cell of Oke Baale Police Station. We admonished
the people to be extremely vigilant,” the post read.
Reacting in a statement, the commissioner described the
alleged arrest as a “shock”.
The statement was titled, ‘News of my personal assistant
caught with thumbprinted ballot papers, fake totally untrue’.
It read, “I wish to emphatically state that myself, and
every other person working closely with me have not engaged in any activities
to sabotage the integrity of this on-going election.
“It is rather a rude shock to me that some mischief makers
have been spreading false information online that my Personal Assistant was
caught with thumbprinted ballot papers in Osogbo ward 2 and had been handed
over to the security agents. This is completely untrue.
“I am a man of integrity who believes in hardwork and not
cheap means to success. The claim that I was, by extension, involved in
electoral malpractice contradicts the value I stand for.
“Members of the public are hereby urged to disregard any
claim or accusation of sorts suggesting that I and the people working with me
were involved in electoral fraud.”
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