The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State has faulted the choice of retired Chief Superintendent of Police, Adekunle Omoyele as Field Commander of Osun State Security Network Agency known as Amotekun.
Rejecting Omoyele’s appointment, the party in a statement by its chairman, Tajudeen Lawal on Monday alleged that his past professional record has put a credibility burden on both the appointee and his employer.
IgbereTV recalls that Governor Ademola Adeleke had in a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, in early July appointed the retired police boss to the job.
The appointment of CSP Omoyele followed the expiration of the tenure of Brigadier General Bashir Adewinmbi, who was the pioneer Field Commander of the security outfit.
Lawal in the statement concluded that “the appointment of Omoyele as the state commandant of the Amotekun Corps is another misnomer and an unpardonable executive heresy which the infamous Governor Ademola Adeleke is known for in the eyes of the right-thinking members of the society.
“One does not need to be a genius to know that the controversial ex-police officer who hails from Oyo State and had one time served as the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to Governor Adeleke lacks capacity and was recruited to perpetrate evil and electoral fraud as he has been known for over the years.”
He hinted that Omoyele’s appointment by Adeleke despite the outcries by the citizenry and civil societies against it is a pointer to the fact that Governor Adeleke is scheming to replicate his election-rigging plans against the forthcoming 2026 governorship election in the state.
He also stated that the appointment of AIG Wale Abass, rtd, who hails from the same Ede as the governor, as the chairman of the Amotekun Corps in the state is unhealthy and an unflattering classical example of nepotism and desperation institutionalised by the administration of Governor Adeleke to return to government in 2026.
Lawal explained that the Abass appointment is not only irregular but offensive and against the spirit and letter of the federal character codes which stipulate an even spread of political appointments among the components of the nine geo-political zones making up the state.
“Our position as a party is that Governor Adeleke should without further delay strip Omoyele and Abass of the unmerited appointments as their being retained will confirm our concern that Governor Adeleke, fearing that debilitating electoral defeat is awaiting him in the 2026 governorship contest owing to his disastrously poor performance in government, is desperate and resolve to win the election by hook or by crook as he has always done”, the Osun State APC chairman stated.
