Osun Govt Behind Prolonged Judicial Strike – APC Alleges

By Adenitan Akinola

The Osun State main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged the state government of complicity in the continued closure of courts in the state for about two months due to workers’ strikes.

At a Press Conference at its presidential campaign office in Osogbo, the APC alleged that the state executive was secretly behind the plot to prolong the strike because of the failure of its plan to remove the state Chief Judge.

The State Chairman of the party who addressed the Press, Alhaji Tajudeen Lawal described the continued closure of the courts as inhumane and a threat to the security of lives and property.

He said the police cells had become congested while citizens who desired justice and the protection of their rights have become helpless, warning that such a trend could force people to resort to self-help.

Alhaji Lawal also alleged that the ruling PDP government in the state had been unable to account for the huge resources accruing to the state coffers since the removal of the fuel subsidy.

The APC argued that the government white paper removing three traditional rulers in the state from their throne was a mere political tool to witch-hunt the concerned Obas, as it maintained that such action by the Governor was an illegality as the matter subsists in court.

The opposition party however called on the Inspector General of Police to protect its members from the purported assault of the state government.

In a reaction, the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Chief Kolapo Alimi described the claim of the APC as noise by the opposition meant to distract the government of Senator Ademola Adeleke.

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