4th February, 2022
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun Command, has deployed officers to the political edifice of the immediate past governor and current Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.
The NSCDC Commandant, Mr Emmanuel Ocheja said the move was necessary following Thursday’s violent attack on the office.
Ocheja, condemning the attack, warned miscreants and hoodlums to stop their criminal activities or leave the state.
He noted that criminal acts would no longer be tolerated in the state.
Ocheja added that the corps was working in synergy, with other security agencies to ensure a peaceful atmosphere was restored.
He warned that anyone caught acting against the law would not be spared.
Similarly, the Nigeria Police, Osun Command’s Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, said that the situation had been brought under control.
Opalola said that the state Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, had visited the scene of the attack for on the spot assessment.
She said policemen had been drafted to the area, saying that the commissioner had assurred the residents that the perpetrators would be brought to justice.
Armed thugs had on Thursday, at about 5.30 p.m, attacked the campaign office of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, popularly known as “Oranmiyan House” in Osogbo.