The Secretary to the Osun State Government, Teslim Igbalaye, has been arrested along with five others by the state Police Command during a raid on his home in Osogbo.<\/p>\n
According to the police, one of the suspects arrested at the SSG’s residence, Oladele Abiodun, was already on their watchlist for alleged criminal offences.<\/p>\n
Osun Police Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Ojelabi, disclosed this in a statement. He said items recovered from Igbalaye’s residence include N4,810,500 cash, two Permanent Voter Cards, a voter register, a Dynabook laptop, a photocopier, and a printer.<\/p>\n
Those arrested alongside Igbalaye are Akande Taiwo (60), Adeyemo Lukman (45), Olaoye Muftau (50), and Aderemi Musliu (40).<\/p>\n
The police said the operation was based on intelligence that members of a criminal gang were hiding at a location in Osogbo. The recovery of cash and a voter register has raised concerns about possible electoral offences, including vote-buying under Section 121 of the Electoral Act 2022, criminal conspiracy, and harbouring a wanted criminal.<\/p>\n
The command stated that no one is above the law, regardless of status or political affiliation, and anyone found culpable will be prosecuted.<\/p>\n
However, the Osun State Government has accused the police of invading the SSG’s residence without a search warrant. The Commissioner for Information, Kolapo Alimi, claimed that a combined team led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations forcefully entered the premises and arrested everyone they found there.<\/p>\n
Investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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