The Osun All Progressives Congress Governorship Campaign Council has called on the Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu to ensure that all suspects linked to political killings in the state are apprehended and made to face the wrath of the law.

This call is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday and signed by Oluremi Omowaiye, Head, Media and Publicity Committee of the Osun APC Campaign Council.

The Council accused the Director General of Imole Campaign Council, Senator Lere Oyewumi of attempts to shift public attention from past political killings of some APC chieftains in the state through an alleged planned protest over the recent killing of a 14-year-d boy, Ezekiel Olopade in Ilobu, Irepodun Local Government Area of the state.

According to Omowaiye, Oyewumi has been trying to exploit the tragic incident of the killing of Ezekiel as a political shield against mounting questions regarding his alleged links to previous political killings in Irewole Local Government Area.

The APC stalwart claimed that the senator is planning a protest over Ezekiel’s murder, noting that “the proposed protest is not motivated by any genuine concern for justice but is instead a desperate attempt to divert public attention from ongoing investigations into the murders of two prominent APC chieftains, Hon. Saheed Oyegunju and Hon. Remi Abass, who were gruesomely murdered in February 2023 and February 2025 respectively.”

Omowaiye stated that, “The late Hon. Saheed Oyegunju, an APC Treasurer in Ward 9, Irewole Local Government Area and a compatriot of Senator Lere Oyewumi, was brutally attacked on the day President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, then the Presidential Candidate of the APC, was scheduled to campaign in Osogbo. Oyegunju was abducted, going by account of eye witnesses and video evidence, while on his way to the rally, and his lifeless body was later discovered along Oosa Village via Ikire.”

“Since that horrific incident, several allegations have persisted regarding the involvement of Senator Lere Oyewumi and his loyalists. It is equally a matter of public concern that many suspects arrested in connection with the crime were subsequently released under circumstances that continue to raise serious questions among members of the public and the bereaved famil.

Similarly, the murder of Hon. Remi Abass, who until his death served as Chairman of Irewole Local Government, remains one of the darkest chapters in the political history of Osun State. Hon. Abass was brutally killed within the premises of the Irewole Local Government Secretariat in February 2025,” he further claimed.

He added, “It is therefore hypocritical for Senator Lere Oyewumi to parade the streets under the guise of demanding justice while serious questions remain unanswered regarding the deaths of Hon. Saheed Oyegunju and Hon. Remi Abass.”

The Council therefore called on Disu to ensure that all suspects linked to political killings in Osun State are apprehended and prosecuted in accordance with the law.