Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, yesterday, directed the state’s Commissioner of Police (CP) to stop the imposition of illegal taxes on market operators and alleged forgery of council documents by the reinstated chairmen of local councils on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He said that the development was capable of jeopardising the sustenance of law and order at the grassroots level.
This directive was contained in a statement by Adeleke’s Spokesperson, Rasheed Olawale.
According to the statement, the governor instructed the police commissioner to invite the affected council chairmen for questioning for allegedly falsifying council documents, collecting dubious revenue through illegal documents and for imposing and collecting illegal revenue from market operators.
Adeleke, while referring to various reports of such illegality, especially from Boripe Local Council, said that such activities would not only breach clear provisions of the law but also constitute an affront on the judiciary to which the APC has filed an appeal over the sacking of its Yes/No chairmen.”
The governor also instructed his Special Adviser on Security to liaise with the Police Commissioner for the implementation of the directive as he expressed shock at the brazen imposition of hardship and pains on the people through illegal revenue and tax collections.
“Is this the reason for illegal occupation of council secretariats? Is this all about extorting the people and imposing pain and suffering on them? This should stop forthwith,” the statement further stated.
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