The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 governorship election, in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu has said that allegations levelled against him by the Department of State Services are baseless.
Recall that Adebutu was arrested on Monday and queried over November 16th local government polls, held across the 20 local government areas of Ogun State.
Speaking after few hours of his release on Tuesday, Adebutu disclosed that those allegations were to silence him as a voice of the opposition in the state.
He said: “It was about 7 am, Tuesday, 19th November 2024, I was released by the Department of State Services in Abeokuta following an invitation to answer to various spurious accusations all arising from the November 16 Local Government election in Ogun State.
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“Very sadly, the allegations were so baseless that it became clear that their purpose was to silence me as a voice of the opposition. My contention that those elections were not free and fair is my fundamental right to free speech and free thought.
“My thinking that the Local Government should have financial Autonomy that can only be enforced by free and fair elections is germane to our development. Mr President, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, shares the same view as mine which shows it is not a partisan position but a nationalistic one.
“However, because of the particular situation of Ogun State over the last five years which I shall publish shortly, desperation has set in to emasculate the third tier of government completely, this is the struggle for our development.”
via: Information Nigeria
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