Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the National Publicity
Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who
was arrested on Friday in Osogbo, by alleged hooded
security operatives, has narrated his ordeal to
Vanguard corespondent.
Mohammed, who said he was arrested for no reason
aside the fact that he belongs to the opposition party,
said the incident shows the level of illegality,
lawlessness, anarchy and intolerance to which the
country has descended to under the leadership of
President Goodluck Jonathan.

This was contained in a statement issued on
Saturday in Osogbo by Mohammed after he was
released by his detainees. The spokesman said he
was arrested alongside Mr. Sunday Dare, the Media
Aide to APC National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed
Tinubu, and Mr. Afolabi Salisu, Deputy Chief of Staff to
Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State.
Read the statement below:
"We were being driven to the Government House when
we were stopped at a military check point by men in
military and DSS uniforms, all hooded and armed to
the teeth with AK-47 assault rifles, pistols and other
weapons. Since there was no curfew in Osun state
and people were moving around freely, we felt it was a
routine check. Suddenly, the men, some of them
apparently drunk, ordered us out of the car, took our
phones, pointed their assault rifles at our heads and
said ‘you are under arrest’. They herded us into their
bus like animals and drove away. There is no doubt
that they knew who we are because I introduced
myself!
"From our encounter with our tormentors, there is also
no doubt that these were not just soldiers and DSS
officials, there were also ex-militants and thugs, all
clad in military and DSS uniforms but apparently
lacking in any training! We also witnessed how men
in military and DSS uniform fired their guns at the
gate leading to the residence of Senator Isiaka
Adeleke to force it open! We asked them why we were
being arrested, but they ignored our question as they
drove for close to one hour before veering into a
compound that turned out to be the offices of the DSS.
There, we met people who had been previously
arrested and stripped of their clothing, many of them
bloodied from the beatings to which they must have
been subjected.
"We were herded to one side as our tormentors
marched around triumphantly, in what could well
have been a scene from the Ukraine! We were waiting
for our turn to be stripped of our apparels and taken
along with those who were arrested earlier to the DSS
cells when a man who is apparently a senior DSS
official intervened and ordered our release. The men
who arrested us, apparently unhappy at the order to
set us free, rejected the order, until the man asserted
his authority and even accompanied us to where we
were arrested from.
"Back there, we discovered that our driver has been
badly beaten and even robbed of his personal
belongings by the same security agents being paid by
the taxpayers to protect the citizens, whose ranks
have now been swelled, willingly, by thugs and ex-
militants, armed and dressed in official uniforms by
the PDP and sanctioned by the Jonathan-led Federal
Government!
”This arrest is not about Lai Mohammed, Sunday Dare
or Afolabi Salisu, whoever we may be, but about the
constitutionally-guaranteed rights of Nigerians,
ordinary Nigerians, to move around freely, associate
with any party of their choice and express their
opinions without being molested or arrested.
"The way and manner we were harassed, arrested
and dehumanized on Friday night show that Nigerian
citizens can no longer be sure that the security agents
they encounter on the roads or anywhere else are
well-trained and highly-disciplined men and women
in the military, police, DSS and others that we used to
know. What we have now are Jonathan’s soldiers,
policemen and DSS officials who have since stopped
working for the nation but are now the enforcement
arm of the PDP.

"As we write this, APC leaders and members are still
being harassed and arrested across Osun State. We
have just received reports that our members were
arrested in Ifelodun Local Government Ward 10,
Atakumosa East Local Government and Ife East Local
Government, Okerewe Wards 2 and 3. Over all we
have ninety-seven leaders of our party in detention
and the arrest has not stopped. This cannot be right"
the statement reads.

Are these loudmouthed supporters of APC from Osun?
What are they doing there if not to obstruct a peaceful election?

Are these loudmouthed supporters of APC from Osun?
What are they doing there if not to obstruct a peaceful election?

If PDP must win election must be done by arm-twisting? Its very clear dat pdp cannot win election anywhere in Nigeria without applying force, thuggery, theft and rigging. We saw what happen in ekiti. If they are confident of their chances let them allow a free and fare process.

Why was he even released? He shld hv been detained till after d election.He has no business being in osun state.

Goddex: Are these loudmouthed supporters of APC from Osun?
What are they doing there if not to obstruct a peaceful election?

is obanikoro and kashamu from osun and wot are they doing there? U ur senses and stop spewing trash.

Please where is Gov. Amaechi? Did he not go to Osun State like he attempted to during Ekiti elections?

danot1030: is obanikoro and kashamu from osun and wot are they doing there? U ur senses and stop spewing trash.

Oga, Koro is not in Osun.
He has posted a statement and pictures on his facebook page debunking that allegation.

Goddex:

Oga, Koro is not in Osun.
He has posted a statement and pictures on his facebook page debunking that allegation.

How are u so sure he is not in osun,stop being bias!!

I CAN SMELL LIES FROM LIE MOHAMMAD

Lai Liar pants on FIRE!

bobjay40:
How are u so sure he is not in osun,stop being bias!!

and YOU are so sure he is in osun.

ndcide:

and YOU are so sure he is in osun.

Yes am sure d dude is in osun nd he will be shamed

If this is true, too bad.