My Life In Danger- Deputy Speaker House Of Reps
Barely a week after the sudden death of Senator Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke, another frontline politician in Osun State has raised the alarm over threat to his life.
The Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Lasun Sulaimon Yusuf at a press conference addressed by his Special Adviser on Constituency Matters, Dr. Remi Ajala said subsequent upon his declaration of interest for the governorship race of Osun State in 2018, he has received a number of threats that has put his life in danger.
The Deputy Speaker contended that various public instances and actions that followed his declaration for the Osun number one seat are pointers to the fact that his life is in danger.
He called on the general public to ignore the statement credited to some members of Osun caucus of the House of Representatives, namely; Hons. Jibola Famurewa, Mojeed Alabi, Gaffar Amere, Ayo Omidiran and Olufemi Fakeye shortly after the tribute on late Adeleke at the plenary on the floor of the House that his expression of fearnwas built on emotion.
He made reference to a statement credited to the chairman of All Progressives Party in the state, Prince Gboyega Famoodun sternly warning him and Senator Isiaka Adeleke to suspend their governorship ambition using the coverage of APC to express his (Famoodun) personal hatred against him and Adeleke.
According to him, his mission to attend the birthday of a progressive leader at Ikirun on 27th of January 2017 was aborted by a text message of threat to his life investigated by the Directorate of State Service and linked to one Mr. Abimbowo aka Ijanja who confessed that he was directed to send the message by the then Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Osun.
The threat message reported to the DSS according to him read “Sir, it’s very unfair for you to want to attend Baba Owoseni’s birthday ceremony tomorrow. If you insist to come and anything comes against you, you have to bear it. My advice is that you should not come”
Yussuff also recalled when a former Commissioners in Osun State mobilized thugs in the first week of April this year to stop him from the construction of Eid’s perimeter fence along Ibokun road in Osogbo.
While pledging his commitment to the success of APC in Osun State, the Deputy Speaker contended that he would not want any death to occur to anyone in ” such a mysterious way it had happened in the case of Senator Isiaka Adeleke”