Governor Ademola Adeleke has condemned the arrest of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman in Osun, Sunday Bisi, saying it amounted to sheer abuse of law enforcement.

In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Saturday, Mr Adeleke described the arrest as barbaric and a vicious attack on free will.

“Information reaching me indicates that Hon. Bisi was accosted in his home in Ilesa shortly after he returned after voting, and whisked him away to a yet-to-be-known location. 

“Up till this moment, no one has been availed the reason for his arrest, which indicates that the APC is working in cohort with compromised security agents to keep people away from monitoring results at the various collation centres,” the governor stated.

According to Mr Adeleke, the development was part of a broader APC plan to alter election results at polling units and upturn his wins.

The governor added, “This latest sweep on my supporters, I have authoritatively learnt, is part of a broader plan to give the APC unhindered access to change results at collation centres and upturn our wins at the poll. 

“This is the biggest assault on democracy, and I urge everyone involved in this desperate attempt to upturn the will of our people through the use of state institutions.”

Mr Adeleke demanded the immediate release of Mr Bisi and other politicians arrested across the state.

“Election should be about the people freely giving their mandates to the person of their choice without threat or force,” he said.