Reported by: Ijeoma G | Edited by: Oravbiere Osayomore Promise.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship campaign council in Osun State has accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of deploying operatives of the state’s Amotekun Corps to secure a private power facility owned by his elder brother, Dr. Deji Adeleke, in neighbouring Ondo State. At a press conference in Abuja on Monday, June 8, 2026, the council’s Director‑General, Hon. Oluwole Oke (House of Representatives, Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency), alleged that at least 50 operatives are stationed at Pacific Energy Company in Omotosho Village along the Benin‑Ore Road, Ondo State. He claimed the deployment was led by Commander Aseye Matthew Olusola and Kazeem Raji, alias “Emin Esu”.
Oke argued that diverting personnel “recruited, trained and funded with the resources of Osun State taxpayers” to guard a private business outside the state’s jurisdiction is “shocking and unacceptable,” especially as Osun communities continue to face kidnapping and armed robbery. He also raised the case of operative Abdullahi Adedeji, who he said sustained severe head injuries in a motorcycle crash in April 2026 while travelling to Ondo for the assignment and later died due to inadequate medical care.
Beyond the alleged deployment, the council demanded that Governor Adeleke account for ₦14.9 billion in security votes accessed by his administration. Oke claimed that despite that amount, there has been “no significant investment in strengthening the operational capacity of security agencies,” and that “no single bicycle, let alone a vehicle” has been added to security assets inherited from the previous APC government. He described as “worrisome and scandalous” the suggestion that the funds were used “solely for the operation and honorarium of the operatives of Amotekun Corps”.
Governor Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, swiftly dismissed the allegations as “baseless, unfounded and badly fabricated fake news”. Rasheed insisted that “Amotekun, as a creation of law, is not deployed anywhere outside Osun State” and that the outfit operates strictly within its legal mandate, in close partnership with the police. He also denied the claimed N14.9 billion expenditure, stating that all security‑related spending by the Osun government “was duly approved”.
The Osun Amotekun Corps, through its spokesperson Yusuf Idowu, reinforced the governor’s rebuttal. In a statement on Monday, the Corps described the APC’s claim as “entirely false, baseless, misleading, and incapable of withstanding any objective scrutiny”. It said the named officers “are currently carrying out their lawful duties within the Corps’ Headquarters in Osogbo and other designated locations in Osun State,” and that “at no time were such operatives deployed to Ondo State for any assignment related to the power plant as alleged”. Regarding the alleged death of an operative, the Corps said no such incident occurred and that all its personnel remained on active duty within Osun State during the period in question.
The APC allegations come barely two weeks before the June 20, 2026, governorship election in Ekiti State, though the political crossfire appears aimed at influencing public perception in neighbouring Osun, where a gubernatorial poll is also scheduled later in the year. While the APC campaign council has yet to provide photographic or documentary evidence of the alleged deployment, the Adeleke administration and the Amotekun Corps have offered categorical denials. As the war of words intensifies, the question of whether state security assets are being used for private family interests—or whether the accusations are merely pre‑election smokescreens—remains unresolved.
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