Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wednesday, raised alarm of an alleged clampdown on the opposition by the Governor Gboyega Oyetola led government in Osun state.
PDP Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Prince Diran Odeyemi, raised the alarm in a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan on the arrest and remand in prison of one of its members, Saheed Akinloye, over a Facebook post.
Prince Odeyemi stated that the action clearly showed that the administration of Governor Oyetola is out and has already commenced clampdown on the opposition members in the state.
“We advise Governor Oyetola to check less social media and give governance serious attention it deserves before some members of his administration will sell Abere Government Secretariat, while their leader is busy surfing Facebook to see those who abuse him and his family members,” he said.
The PDP deputy national publicity secretary in the statement tagged the administration of Governor Oyetola “as intolerant and insensitive for ensuring that one of its members, Saheed Akinloye was remanded in prison over a Facebook post.”
Questioning the insistence of the magistrate on sending Akinloye to remand for a bailable offence, Prince Odeyemi stated that the insistence of Ministry of Justice represented by its acting Permanent Secretary Director of Public Prosecution and three other counsel in court to take over of the case was an indication that the administration of Oyetola has already commenced clampdown on the opposition.
Prince Odeyemi recalled “all sort of ‘satanic’ Facebook posts, reckless utterances by state government officials and members of All Progressive Congress (APC) targeted at PDP and its members in the past which never attracted any serious reaction from the party.”
