The Osun Civil Societies Coalition (OCSC) has dissociated itself from a petition written by some individuals against the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola under the platform of ‘Civil Society Coalition in Osun State’.
According to the OCSC, the said petition was politically motivated and contained half-truth, thereby lacking in merit.
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday at the OCSC secretariat, Odiolowo, Osogbo, the Chairman of the coalition, Comrade Waheed Lawal, said there was no sincerity in the petition which he said was sponsored by some political elements.
Lawal warned the individuals against impersonating and using Osun Civil Societies Coalition for political interest, stating that the organizations with which the individuals wrote petition against Aregbesola are not members of the coalition in Osun.
The human right activist said: “We suspect that the action of the petitioners was politically motivated for pecuniary gains. And the said individuals were hurriedly put together by political elements who needed the service of available corruptible civil society groups to drive their selfish interest.”
