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By Victor Adeoti<\/p>\n
Osogbo<\/p>\n
Osun Police Command has arrested a serving member of the state House of Assembly, Abiola Inaolaji, alongside 146 suspected political thugs in Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n
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The command\u2019s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abiosun Ojelabi, confirmed the arrest on Saturday in Osogbo.<\/p>\n
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Ojelabi said that the lawmaker, a member of Accord, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in the early hours of Saturday.<\/p>\n
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He said that Inaolaji, representing Irewole\/Isokan State Constituency, was arrested during a police operation.<\/p>\n
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Ojelabi said that the arrest was part of intensified security operations by the police to prevent actions capable of undermining the credibility of the electoral process.<\/p>\n
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Meanwhile, in a viral video clip cited by a NAN correspondent, a man identified as Ibrahim was seen identifying himself and confessing to facilitating the movement of 146 suspects to Osun from neighbouring states for the purpose of voting in the election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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