{"id":152173,"date":"2025-02-21T22:19:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T21:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/osun-lg-elections-nigerian-police-call-for-immediate-suspension"},"modified":"2025-02-21T22:19:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T21:19:44","slug":"osun-lg-elections-nigerian-police-call-for-immediate-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-lg-elections-nigerian-police-call-for-immediate-suspension","title":{"rendered":"Osun LG elections: Nigerian police call for immediate suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has called for the immediate suspension of the planned local government elections in Osun State.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement on Friday, signed by the Force PRO, Olumuyiwa Adejobi.<\/p>\n<p>Adejobi claimed that they had received credible intelligence indicating a high likelihood of violence and significant security threats should the elections proceed.<\/p>\n<p>According to him: \u201cVarious groups, including political elements and other interested parties, are mobilising to instigate unrest, disrupt public peace, and undermine the democratic order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven this imminent threat to security, the NPF strongly advises the Osun State Government to suspend the planned elections forthwith in the interest of public safety and national stability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the statement added: \u201cthe Nigeria Police Force, in collaboration with other security agencies, is fully prepared to take decisive action to prevent any breakdown of law and order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNevertheless, to avert unnecessary confrontation and safeguard the democratic process, it is in the best interest of all stakeholders that the elections be stood down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Governor Ademola Adeleke had announced a restriction on vehicular movement from 5 am to 5 pm.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement from Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson to the state governor, the restriction will be in force on election day, Saturday, 22nd February 2022, across Osun State.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has called for the immediate suspension of the planned local government elections in Osun State. This was contained in a statement on Friday, signed by the Force PRO, Olumuyiwa Adejobi. Adejobi claimed that they had received credible intelligence indicating a high likelihood of violence and significant security [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":152172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254,15921,165],"class_list":["post-152173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria","tag-osun-lg-elections","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Osun LG elections: Nigerian police call for immediate suspension - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/osun-lg-elections-nigerian-police-call-for-immediate-suspension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Osun LG elections: Nigerian police call for immediate suspension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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