The Department of State Service has invited two traditional rulers in Osun State to explain their roles in cases of political violence in the state.
The Director of DSS in Osun State, Mr. Andrew Iorkya, said this in a telephone interview with our corespondent in Osogbo on Monday.
Iorkya said the agency was already working round the clock with other security agencies to ensure that politicians did not plunge the state into anarchy before, during and after the coming polls.
He said, “We have invited two baales ( village heads) to explain their alleged roles in promoting crisis in Ikirun axis. We are not saying they are guilty but we want them to explain their roles.
“There will be no sacred cow. We don’t want crisis in Osun State and anybody who wants to cause trouble will be dealt with according to the provisions of the law.”
Iorkya stated that the the DSS was investigating the allegation of violence leveled against the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun East Senatorial District, Mr. Francis Fadahunsi.
He said politicians wanted security agents to be watching over their campaign posters and billboards day and night but said this was not possible because there were other things they needed to do to keep the society safe.
According to him, it is not true that the agency has refused to act on the allegation leveled against Fadahunsi by the All Progressives Congress.
Iorkya said he was aware that politicians, especially at a time like this, would always make allegations to malign their opponents, stressing that the agency would not shy away from investigating anybody accused of violence irrespective of their status.
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