Ladi Adebutu the People’s Democratic Party governorship candidate in the 2023 elections who arrested and released on Tuesday by the Department of State Services said his ordeal was meant to silence voices of opposition in the country.
Mr. Adebutu was detained by the DSS in Abeokuta after last Saturday’s local government elections in Ogun State. He narrated his experience with the secret police.
“It was about 7 am, Tuesday, 19th November 2024, I was released by the Department of State Services in Abeokuta following an invitation to answer to various spurious accusations all arising from the November 16 Local Government election in Ogun State.”
“Very sadly, the allegations were so baseless that it became clear that their purpose was to silence me as a voice of the opposition. My contention that those elections were not free, and fair is my fundamental right to free speech and free thought,” he said
“My thinking that the Local Government should have financial Autonomy that can only be enforced by free and fair elections is germane to our development. Mr. President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, shares the same view as mine which shows it is not a partisan position but a nationalistic one.”
“However, because of the particular situation of Ogun State over the last five years which I shall publish shortly, desperation has set in to emasculate the third tier of government completely, this is the struggle for our development.”
