The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dissociated itself from the killings and wanton destruction of goods and properties that characterised the 3 man ad-hoc delegates’ congress on Wednesday, February 23, 2022.
The party also appealed to the Osun State Police Command to carry out a thorough investigation into the unfortunate death that occurred during the ward congress.
While appealing to members of the public to disregard rumours of violence in the concluded congress, it assured that the party remained resolute in ensuring peace and order in the State.
In a statement by Ayodeji Areola, the party’s Publicity Secretary, the party revealed that the death recorded in Iwo local government was as a result of a clash between two rival gangs which had been having a running battle over a financial transaction.
Areola also explained that findings revealed that the mother of the deceased is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Iwo, who had participated in the last gubernatorial primary election on Saturday, February 19, 2022, with her late son.
The Osun PDP Publicity Secretary while noting that the fracas that led to the untimely death of the man had occurred before the commencement of the party ward congress in Iwo, added that the desperation of some detractors to link violence to the congress was a mischievous and mindless machinations of enemies of PDP in the State who are clearly jolted by the conduct of the congress and the attendant outcome
