Re: APC demands immediate Probe and transfer of Governor Adeleke CSO

Press Statement 

August 7th,  2025

RE: APC’s Call for Probe of Osun Governor’s CSO – A Shameful Defense of Lawlessness

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The attention of the Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been drawn to a laughable and utterly absurd statement by the All Progressives Congress (APC), shamelessly calling for the probe or transfer of CSP Adefioye Kazeem, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke.

It is both comical and disturbing that a party that disguisedly prided itself on discipline is now openly defending what amounts to a direct threat to the life of a sitting governor. Is the CSO to the governor now expected to fold his arms when there is a clear and present threat to the life of the very man he is constitutionally mandated to protect? Or is the role of the CSO now reduced to ceremonial appearances just to please the APC?

Recently, in the United States, for instance, a potential assassination attempt was made on the then-Republican Presidential aspirant, who is now President of the United States. That single incident triggered the immediate activation of all relevant security institutions, not because someone wrote a petition, but because the threat to a political figure was considered a threat to national security. It was not politics as usual; it was security in action, without hesitation or partisan colouration.

Nigeria must rise to that level of institutional efficiency, where the lives of leaders and other citizens alike are protected automatically and without waiting for bureaucratic protocols to kick in. Security agencies should be primed to act decisively and independently the moment any life, particularly that of an elected leader, is endangered. Delaying action on grounds of political considerations is not only dangerous, it is irresponsible.

The PDP also wishes to issue a firm caution to the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun: the good people of Osun State are watching. He must not allow himself to become a willing and constant tool in the hands of desperate elements trying to destabilize a peaceful state under a democratically elected governor. It is becoming a troubling pattern that the Osun APC, even when they are the clear aggressors, always rush to Abuja to cry for protection, just as they did during the local government imbroglio they engineered, which tragically led to avoidable loss of lives.

The IGP must remember that his office is not for partisan protection but for national service. As the number one police officer in Nigeria, he is duty-bound to uphold the constitution and protect all citizens equally, regardless of political affiliation. Any selective policing or politically induced bias would not only tarnish the reputation of the Nigeria Police Force but also make him complicit in any security breakdown in the state.

The APC should tread carefully. It must not, out of desperation and delusion, seek to plunge Nigeria into chaos simply because it is clinging onto federal power. Encouraging and defending reckless threats to a constitutionally elected governor is not only dangerous to democracy but also a signal that the APC no longer respects the rule of law.

What is most troubling is the APC's silence on the clear inciting and dangerous utterances of its so-called member, Ifedolapo. Rather than disown or discipline him, the party is busy issuing press statements aimed at intimidating security operatives from doing their job. If this is not complicity, what is?

Let it be known that the PDP expects security agencies to broaden their investigation and turn the searchlight on APC leaders in Osun who may have recruited Ifedolapo as a pawn in a sinister plot to destabilize the state and endanger the life of our governor. We will not be silent as enemies of democracy try to rewrite the rulebook to fit their jungle mentality.

APC must be reminded: Nigeria is a nation governed by law, not by the reckless whims of a party still bitter about its defeat at the polls. The refusal to accept electoral loss with dignity is not only anti-democratic but morally bankrupt.

PDP hereby warns that should anything untoward happen to the Governor or any member of his family, the APC and its reckless agents will be held accountable. The people of Osun State overwhelmingly chose Senator Adeleke to lead them, and no amount of bitterness or political thuggery will rewrite that mandate.

APC must stop embarrassing itself with shameful press statements and instead rein in its misguided loyalists before things get out of hand.

Signed:

Hezekiah Oladele Bamiji 

Director of Media 

Osun State PDP 

07/08/2025.