Osun gets new police commissioner
The development comes less than two weeks after the conclusion of the Osun governorship election and months after Mr Gotan came under sustained criticism from political actors and civil society groups over allegations that the state police command was not impartial in handling politically sensitive matters ahead of the 15 August poll.
Police earlier deployed an election CP On 31 July, PREMIUM TIMES reported Nigeria Police Force announced the deployment of Commissioner of Police Samuel Erale to Osun as the CP Elections, specifically to coordinate security operations for the August 15 governorship poll.
Instead, the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, later explained that the decision to remove Mr Gotan from election command followed complaints from political stakeholders who said they had lost confidence in his neutrality.
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