A Non-Governmental Organization, the Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of
Osun State (CSCEOS) has called on the government to provide enough security before, during and after the coming bye-election slated to hold on Saturday July 8 2017 in Osun State.
While demanding due process and skill from the ad hoc and permanent staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deployed for the conduct of the election, it urged the voters in the Osun West Senatorial district of the state to come out en mass and vote for the
candidate of their choice.
In a statement issued by the Directorate of Media and Strategy and signed by its Chairman, Comrade Adeniyi, Alimi Sulaiman, the body alleged that “some politicians in the state have stock piled arms and ammunitions and hired political thugs to disrupt the conduct of the poll in the various units where they foresee defeat.”
It listed the areas under security threat to include as Iwo, Ikire, Apomu, Orile-Owu and its environs and urged the security agents to be alive to their duty before, during and after the bye-election in the state.
“We advise the authority of Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to send the men of Mopol 25 to 35 of the Mobile Force and anti-terrorist squad from Oduduwa Crescent, G.R.A., Ikeja Lagos. They are among the best and should be sent to the state for policing the poling units during the forthcoming
bye-election,” he said.
