An alarm was raised by a leading political Organization in Osun State, Omoluabi Progressives over alleged coordinated plot to assassinate former Minister of Interior and ex-Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.
The group, in a statement signed by its spokesperson and organizing secretary, Oluwaseun Abosede, alleged that recent threats and state-backed actions suggested a sinister agenda to silence the former minister under the guise of politics.
According to the group, on July 23rd, a Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, allegedly declared at a rally in Yoruba, “Ilẹ o mú wọn” (the land will consume them), which it claimed was widely interpreted as a call for violence against Aregbesola.
It added that on 2 August, Presidential spokesman, Mr Bayo Onanuga, amplified a threat originally published by journalist, Mayor Akinpelu, suggesting that Aregbesola would “face consequences” for his political choices.
Omoluabi Progressives noted that situation worsened on 14 August when another journalist, Gbonka Ebiri, openly branded Aregbesola a “sell-out” and called for him to face the “wrath of Yorubaland.”
The group alleged that verbal threats had since degenerated into physical intimidation, citing the disruption of the African Democratic Congress rally in Sagamu, Ogun State, on 14 August, where Aregbesola was billed to campaign for the party’s House of Representatives bye-election candidate, Hon. Solomon Oluwaseyi Osho.
The group warned that” “These coordinated attacks, from inflammatory rhetoric to physical obstruction, represent nothing less than what analysts have described as the anatomy of assassination politics”.
It said police operatives, backed by an Armoured Personnel Carrier, vandalized the venue, seized equipment and barred Aregbesola from accessing the event.
The statement also quoted the Coalition of Oodua Self-Determination Groups, led by Dayo Ogunlana, which condemned the threats in strong terms and cautioned against the descent into political violence in Yorubaland.
Omoluabi Progressives maintained that Aregbesola had committed no offence by pursuing an independent political path, insisting that his constitutional rights must be respected. It warned that any attempt to harm him would be resisted by the people.
The group said: “We call on well-meaning Nigerians to take note of the rhetoric by appointees and supporters of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and urge security agencies to act before democracy is desecrated by intimidation and violence”.
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