Jonathan vs Aregbesola: Osun carpets PDP

Osun State government is accusing the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of playing to the gallery “with its self-imposed apology to Vice President Namadi Sambo over the legitimate complaint lodged by Governor Rauf Aregbesola against the violation of the rights of leaders of the Action Congress of Nigeria in Kogi State by officers of the Nigeria Police”.
In a statement by the Director, Bureau of Communications and Strategy in the Office of the Governor, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, the police also came under fire as the government said it was a shame that while the Kogi State Police Command was making itself available as a tool to intimidate the opposition, armed robbers had taken over the state robbing innocent Nigerians and setting criminals under trial free.
The statement said: “Characteristic of their stock in trade, the Osun State PDP has demonstrated that they are the instigators and beneficiaries of recent unlawful and condemnable arrest, detention and illegal deportation of ACN leaders from Kogi State to another part of the country by a police commissioner.
“The act which the Osun PDP has attempted to gloss over, to say the least, was despicable and undemocratic as it threatens the basis of constitutionally guaranteed basic rights of citizens to freely visit any part of Nigeria without encumbrances or any restraints whatsoever as long as they are not found violating any law of the land.
“There was no better opportunity for Governor Rauf Aregbesola to register his displeasure than the commissioning of the Federal High Court building by Vice-President Namadi Sambo in Osogbo on Thursday.
“Of what value was the commissioning of court rooms when the rights of citizens were becoming the objects of sham political aggrandisement by the ruling clique? It has since become clear that the fire which burnt across the river in Kogi has the backing of charlatans in the ruling party who misuse the Police to curtail citizens’ rights for cheap political point.”