By Ogungbayi Adeyemi S. | adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com
Editor, DDNews |
September 17, 2026
DDNEWS | POLITICS
The Peoples Democratic Party, Ogun State Chapter, has dismissed the All Progressives Congress statement over the Ososa shooting incident as a tissue of lies designed to cover political thuggery.
In a press statement signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Arc. Otunba Kayode Adebayo, the PDP said the APC account was hastily cobbled and riddled with errors and mischief.
The PDP gave its own account of what happened in Ososa, along the road to Odogbolu.
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According to the party, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu was on his legitimate and constitutionally guaranteed campaign movement to Odogbolu for the flag-off of campaign activities when his convoy was deliberately blocked at Ososa.
“On getting to Ososa, a public highway that belongs to no individual or family, his convoy was deliberately and criminally obstructed by thugs mobilized and positioned by agents of the ruling party to prevent him from accessing his campaign ground. Their intention was to cause chaos, provoke our candidate and stop the flag-off,” the statement read.
The PDP defended the action of security personnel attached to Adebutu, saying they acted within rules of engagement to clear an illegal roadblock.
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“The security personnel attached to Hon. Adebutu, who are professionally trained and statutorily empowered to protect lives and ensure unhindered movement of their principal, acted within the strict rules of engagement to clear an illegal roadblock and disperse hired hoodlums who were threatening public peace. If warning shots were fired into the air to restore order and allow free passage, that is not reckless discharge, it is lawful crowd control in the face of sponsored hooliganism.”
The party accused the APC of double standards and questioned its motive in Ososa, which it described as the hometown of the APC deputy governorship candidate.
“It is therefore laughable that the APC that sponsored the blockade will turn around to claim it is disturbed by apprehension among the populace. Who created the apprehension in the first place? Who sent thugs to disturb the free movement of a governorship candidate going to Odogbolu? Why is the APC so obsessed with the hometown of its deputy governorship candidate to the extent of turning Ososa into a private estate where opposition figures must take permission before passing?”
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The PDP called on the Nigeria Police Force to conduct a thorough investigation into the entire incident, but insisted the investigation must go beyond who fired shots into the air.
“It must unravel who mobilized thugs to block a public road, who authorized them to prevent Hon. Ladi Adebutu from getting to Odogbolu, and who is desperately trying to criminalize self-defence in the face of political thuggery.”
The party maintained that despite the roadblock, Adebutu arrived Odogbolu and was received by a mammoth crowd.
“No amount of roadblocks in Ososa, no amount of sponsored press statements and no amount of desperation will stop the moving train of the PDP. Despite their antics, Hon. Adebutu arrived Odogbolu, flagged off his campaign and was received by a mammoth crowd that has since sent jitters into the camp of the ruling party. That is the real reason for this midnight press release.”
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The PDP urged its supporters to remain calm and law abiding.
By Ogungbayi Adeyemi S. (Beedee)
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