Lai Mohammed, Sunday Dare released by security operatives

After hours of interrogation, National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Sunday Dare, media aide to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu have been released by security agents.

Mohammed was arrested by security agents in Osogbo, the state capital on the eve of the state’s governorship election, according to a statement by his personal assistant, Mr. Williams Adeleye.

The statement said Alhaji Lai Mohammed was arrested along with Dare and the Deputy Chief of Staff to Ogun State Governor, Mr. Salisu.

“They were arrested Gestapo style by a team of soldiers and DSS agents while they were heading to the Government House, and taken to an unknown destination in an unmarked truck.

“The arrest was the latest in a series of clampdown targeting opposition leaders and members ahead of Saturday’s polls in Osun,” the statement said.

There had earlier been reports of alleged harassments and raiding of hotels by security personnel drafted to the state just as the APC had accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as well as the police of partisanship in a way that would favour the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the election.