{"id":1453,"date":"2026-07-30T10:19:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2026-07-30T10:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:19:50","slug":"police-detain-osun-secretary-to-the-state-government-and-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kufmtv.net\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/police-detain-osun-secretary-to-the-state-government-and-others\/","title":{"rendered":"POLICE DETAIN OSUN\u00a0 SECRETARY TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND\u00a0 OTHERS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Secretary to the Osun State Government, Teslim Igbalaye, and five others have been arrested and detained by the state Police Command following a raid on his residence in Osogbo on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police said one of those arrested at the SSG\u2019s residence was Oladele Abiodun, a suspect on its watchlist in connection with alleged criminal offences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was disclosed by the Osun State Police Command\u2019s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Ojelabi, in a statement in Osogbo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement said during the operation, officers recovered exhibits comprising cash sum of four million eight hundred and ten thousand naira, one Dynabook laptop, one photocopy machine, one printer, two Voter\u2019s Cards and a voter register for Wards 1-15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others arrested alongside Igbalaye were identified as Akande Taiwo, 60; Adeyemo Lukman, 45; Olaoye Muftau, 50; and Aderemi Musliu, 40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PPRO said a police team, acting on intelligence that members of a criminal gang were hiding at a location in Osogbo, carried out a lawful raid and apprehended the suspects.
He added that The recovery of the cash and the register containing voters\u2019 details raises serious concerns regarding possible electoral offences and other criminal activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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