The coordinator of the Alao-Akala Project 2011 in the four local government areas in Oyo town, Mr. Kehinde Ayoola, has called on the relevant security agencies to probe a recent report of an alleged arms build-up in the town.
Ayoola made the remark in a statement made available to our correspondent in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Thursday.
A national newspaper (not THE PUNCH) had, on Wednesday, reported that arms depots exist in Oyo town, precisely in three areas– Araromi, Tobacco and Ladigbolu– all within the Oyo Federal Constituency.
The report linked the depots to a particular political party and a well-known contractor of the state government from the area.
But Ayoola, in his statement made available to our correspondent in Ibadan on Friday, described the report as “a fake, cock and bull story.”
He said the campaign office of the organisation is currently the only one in Araromi, where a depot was rumoured to be.
He added that the campaign office was the only one that leased four buses and not six of the Trans City Transport Company buses as stated in the story.
He said that since transportation was essential to electioneering, his group went into an agreement with the TCTC for the lease of four Toyota Hiace buses for one month with the fees paid to the management of the TCTC.
Ayoola said that Ladigbolu residents never reported any case of sporadic gun shots or presence of arms and ammunition in any house to the police as insinuated in the report. He said the allegation needed to be thoroughly investigated.
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