Accord to Osun Police Command: Don’t Accept Car Donations from Court-Sacked Council Chairmen
The Osun State chapter of the Accord has cautioned the Osun State Police Command against accepting vehicle donations from the court-sacked council chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC), warning that such donations are proceeds of criminal enterprise that may implicate the police.
In a statement issued on Sunday in Osogbo, the party alerted the public that the illegal APC chairmen have again diverted parts of the hijacked Osun local government funds for the purchase of vehicles to be donated to the police service.
“We have it on good authority that, as part of the entire criminal arrangement by the APC chairmen, the police are to be incorporated into the scheme through donations of vehicles and motorcycles to all divisional and zonal police commands. The agenda is to permanently disempower the police by making the service an accomplice in the criminal diversion of Osun local government funds for more than a year now.
“We also gathered that the sharing of the vehicles may start within the next week across the state. It was also learnt that a segment of the police that has been providing security cover for the illegal chairmen, whose falsely claimed tenure lapses in October 2025, is also partnering with the APC chairmen in pursuance of this alleged bribery agenda.
“We alert the police that accepting car donations from the APC chairmen will amount to open support for the diversion of funds meant for local government workers for bribery purposes. This scenario will not only compromise the integrity of the police but will also implicate the service in the many criminal trials ongoing on the subject of Osun local government funds trapped at the United Bank for Africa.
“The party noted that the police in Osun State are already negatively perceived due to alleged open and illegal protection for APC chiefs with expired tenure, warning that collecting vehicles which are proceeds of crime will directly place the police in a condemnable violation of criminal laws.”
The party appealed to the Inspector-General of Police to stop what it described as a brazen attempt to further compromise the police service through illegal donations derived from criminal conduct.
It also tasked the IGP to direct the Osun Police Command not to accept such offers, noting that the subject matter is already before several courts of law, while some senior officials of the UBA are standing trial for the alleged criminal diversion of Osun local government funds.
Signed:
Pastor Victor Akande
Chairman, Osun Accord
For:
Accord Media Centre,
March 29, 2026.