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Lai Mohammed Arrested On Election Day Joshua Dada and Christian Nwaogu, Kazeem Akintunde, Olaolu Oladipo and Bayo Oladeji — Aug 9, 2014 | 4 Comments As the people of Osun State throng the various polling units to cast their votes today, a premonition of what will happen in the 2015 general polls between President Goodluck Jonathan-led federal government and the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) is in the offing. But despite the order of the Osun High Court restraining security operatives from arresting APC leaders, the spokesperson of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, was arrested early this morning. The spokesman to former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Mr Sunday Dare was also arrested. A statement by Lai Mohammed’s personal assistant, Mr Williams Adeleye, said he was on the phone with his boss when he heard voices saying “you are under arrest, enter this vehicle.” Adeleye added that repeated calls to his lines went unanswered. Several attempts by LEADERSHIP Weekend to get Mohammed on his GSM numbers were also not answered at press time. It was further gathered that Mohammed and Dare was arrested in front of the Osun State Governor’s Lodge. It is an indisputable fact that the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have given their all in terms of political muscle flexing to retain and claim the state. This was evident in their respective rallies held in the state recently. The level of interest shown so far by the two major political parties in today’s election suggests that it is going to be a fierce electoral battle between incumbent Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the APC and Senator Iyiola Omisore governorship candidate of the PDP. Besides, the governorship poll will certainly determine who dominates the 2015 elections. It also tends to be so because Osun State was the only South-West state where APC won landslide in the 2011 presidential poll. According to the results of the said poll, former Chairman of the Economic andFinancial Crime nuru ribadu.
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 06:53:57 +0000

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