Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, yesterday, accused the immediate past spokesperson for the Senate, Ajibola Basiru, of planning to cause mayhem in the state, by importing unauthorised policemen to the state.

Adeleke, in a statement by his spokesman, Olawale Rasheed, urged Acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to call Basiru to order.

The governor accused Basiru, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), of attempt to arrest some politicians in the state on trumped-up charges.

The statement reads in part: “We urgently bring to the attention of the Acting Inspector-General of Police, the Commissioner of Police and the public that former Senator Ajibola Basiru has imported some unauthorised policemen into Osun State to create confusion, mayhem, as well destabilise the peace and stability of the state.

“The former senator is reported to have submitted a list of top leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party and officials of Osun State government for arrest on trumped-up charges. We reliably gathered that the Osogbo-born politician is personally coordinating the team in gross violation of extant laws and practice of law enforcement.”

MEANWHILE, in his reaction, Basiru described the governor as a clown who is jittery that APC would take over reins from him in 2026. He dismissed the allegations, saying they are “ridiculous, baseless and could only come from such unserious quarter.”

“I do not believe any serious government or its spokesman will spew such rubbish as a press statement. They are obviously jittery already that our party, the APC, will kick out their government in 2026,” he said.