Police detains Osun East Senatorial Candidate for APC over alleged unlawful possession of fire arms, aiding, abetting
The candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC for Osun East Senatorial election engr Ajibola Famurewa has been detained by the Force Criminal Investigation and intelligence Department, Alagbon Lagos for alleged unlawful possession of ammunition, fire arms, aiding and abetting.
Engr Famurewa was invited by the police in connection with the above allegation when a political thug , Afolabi Fadahunsi popularly known as Carlos, who was arrested in Osogbo following a petition by an identified person, indicted him as his sponsor.
The two-term representative of ijesa South Federal Constituency was subsequently detained and his house round sacked on 26th Jan; 2023.
Speaking on the development, the senior aide to engr Famurewa, Mr Akinyele Akintola said the arrest of his principal is more political than ordinary
He said Famurewa is being witchhunted by his political opponent, stressing that the suspect who implicated him was only acting the script of his pay master in the ruling party.
Reacting, the senator representing Ife-Ijesa Senatorial District in the senate, senator Adenigba Fadahunsi said Carlos has never been a member of PDP and that he does not know him from Adam, noting that it was engr Famurewa that petitioned the police about the suspect who now turned him in.
Senator Fadahunsi described the allegation that he was the one who sponsored Carlos to turn Famurewa in as laughable.
Effort to speak with the Osun East APC senatorial candidate as at the time of filing this report is abortive.
Confirming the incident, Osun state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs Yemisi Opalola said investigation is still ongoing on the matter.
