Probe monarch’s assassination allegations, Osun APC tells police 

Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has called on the state police command to probe the assassination attempt alleged by the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji, with a view to bringing to justice those responsible.

This was disclosed in a statement signed by the party’s spokesperson, Kola Olabisi, obtained in Osogbo on Sunday.

Osun APC hinged its demand for probe on the claim by Oba Oyetunji, at the adoption of Governor Ademola Adeleke for re-election by the spare parts traders at Ajegunle area of Osogbo, on Saturday, where he said  that he escaped an assassination attempt from some hoodlums who shot sporadically into his palace.

“There is a need for the urgent and thorough investigation of the allegation of the assassination attempt on the monarch by unknown hoodlums as alleged by the royal father as it was a grievous one which does not portray the image of the state well outside the state.

“It should also be of interest to the right-thinking members of the public why the alleged assassination attempt on such a foremost Yoruba monarch should not have been incidented at the nearest police station and if it was reported to the police, why the police keep a sealed lip over the allegation of such magnitude?

“It would also be of interest to the discerning members of the public to know the identity of some of the residents of the Ataoja Palace who were reportedly wounded during the said attack and the degrees of their various injuries sustained,” the statement read.

The party enjoined any member of the public who has any useful information on the assassination attempt allegation by the royal father not to hesitate to help the police in this regard.

“It is necessary for the police to expedite action on the investigation of this allegation in order to clear some knotty issues surrounding it.

“There’s a need for the investigation of the allegation by the police in order to prove to the whole world that our party has no violence in its dictionary and our governorship candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji AMBO, does not need employment of violence or propaganda to win the forthcoming 15th August, 2026 gubernatorial election,” it further read.