Elder statesman, Chief Segun Osoba, former governor of Ogun State is bitter with the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu and he has bared his mind…

“I am upset with Ahmed Iliyasu, Ogun State Commissioner of Police, because I deserve protection. As a citizen of Ogun State, I pay my tax to Ogun State in millions of Naira annually. Let the governor himself disclose my tax profile. I am among the first ten citizens that pay the highest tax to the Government of Ogun State.”

“On this note, I demand the right of protection from Iliyasu. He has failed woefully. If the Commander-in-Chief was pelted with water sachets with a good number of police officers surrounding hoodlums that day and none of the hoodlums was arrested, we do not need any analyst to know that the police commissioner is a total failure.”

“God forbid. If anything had hit Mr. President that day and he collapsed, what will we say in Ogun State? Out of 36 states the president travelled to, Ogun State is the only state where such an incident happened. The police commissioner did not arrest any suspect. I went to the president a week after. I asked him: “What is going on?”

“A whole Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces was stoned. The Nigeria Police is part of the Armed Forces. If not for the eagle’s eye of the presidential guard seizing and stopping the pelted objects from getting to the president, the story will have been different. Even, the domestic assistant to the president fell flat before Mr. President that day.”

“I once told the president that they were tearing and defacing your billboards. Mr. President himself answered if it happened in the North, it could lead to riot. Yet, the police commissioner did not arrest any suspect. As for me, Iliyasu is of no value. What can the police commissioner do to us? We have told our people to be ready. The law says you have the right to defend yourself.”

“The right to self-defence is entrenched in our Constitution. We have resorted to self-defence. Let one million Iliyasu be made police commissioner, we will cast our votes in peaceful manner. So, his presence has energised our people. I have gone round to preach to them. Forget about the police commissioner and not the rank and file. But those who are backing him will regret on Saturday when we deliver the governorship election in Ogun State to the APC and Mr. President who has won his election. I do not need the police. When you are in the majority, God is with you.”

“This is an election Abiodun Akinlade was going about with armed police and SARS. And the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ahmed Iliyasu closed his eyes to Akinlade’s misbehaviour. I keep saying Iliyasu is not supposed to be the police commissioner in an enlightened state like Ogun State.”

“He should be kicked out of the state. He closed eyes, and one of his boys was killed on the way to Ilaro. One of the police officers was killed when they wanted to ambush the election result. If he is on ground, he will not go and ambush the election result.”

– Culled from THISDAY