By Desire Emmanuel
The Osun State government on Monday, May 18, raised the alarm, saying it has information that the Inspector General of Police, Tunji Disu, has created what it described as a “killer squad” which he plans to use to “decapitate Accord Party leaders” in the state.
A statement by Kolapo Alimi, the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment in the state, urged President Bola Tinubu and the “international community” to intervene before things turn awry.
According to the state government, it got a reliable report that the IGP has created and dispatched a special squad under one CSP Moses Lahor for a decapitation operation against Accord leaders and top government officials ahead of the August 15 governorship election in the state.
It said the authentic report was about the plot for the squad to land in state any moment from now and commence selective commando-like arrest of Accord officials, not for investigation and prosecution, but likely summary execution.
According to the statement, the government and the party leadership also learnt that the alleged killer squad have had series of special meetings with the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, during which he has given them all necessary logistics to carry out the planned gruesome agenda of liquidating all known Accord stalwarts in different parts of the state.
The statement added: “It was specifically gathered that the APC candidate has availed the killer squad two Toyota 18-seater passenger buses and one Sienna for their smooth operations throughout the state.
“What is worrisome is that the planned undercover operation is a secret scheme without the knowledge of the Osun State Commissioner of Police.
“The head of the killer squad who is also a serving police officer is a former officer in charge of Anti Kidnapping in Osun State Command of Nigeria Police who was involved in the attempted murder of a chieftain of NURTW, Comrade Nurudeen Alowonle,whom he shot in the abdomen.
“He was then transferred out of Osun to Borno State as an operational punishment for the dastardly act of shooting a suspect in custody.
“The report indicated that top APC leaders from Osun State influenced his eventual transfer to another police unit, the IRT squad of Nigeria Police.
“We hereby place an urgent appeal to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the international community to take note of the looming planned mass arrest and killings of key figures of Accord Party in Osun State.
“We charge the IGP to toe the path of peace and harmony, so as not to allow his men (police) to be used to carry out the already known illegality in the interest of already sinking APC and its candidate in Osun State.”
