The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Lasun Yusuf has alleged threat to his life, attributing it to his intention to run for the governorship of Osun state in 2018.
Dr. Aderemi Suleiman Ajala, the Constituency Relations Officer in the Office of the Deputy Speaker, raised the alarm while addressing a press conference.
According to him, “Following the election of Rt. Hon. Lasun Yusuf as the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Abuja on June 9th 2015 and his subsequent intention to run for the governorship of Osun State in 2018, we have received a number of threats that have put his (Deputy Speaker) life in danger.
“While all these threats are public information, we are however surprised at the statement credited to some members of Osun caucus in the House of Representatives including Hon. Jibola Famurewa, Hon. Mojeed ALABI, Hon. Gaffar Amere, Hon. Ayo Omidiran and Hon. Olufemi Fakeye.
“In the press statement made after the tributes on Late Senator Isiaka Adeleke was made at the plenary on the floor of the House, that the expression of fear of danger on the life of Rt. Hon, Lasun Yusuf was built on emotion.
“The following public utterances and actions associated with Prince Gboyega Famoodun and others in the Government of Osun State serve as evidences of endangering the life of Rt. Hon. Lasun Yusuf and prove that our concern is outside the context of emotion.”
Ajala recalled that n Monday 31, October 2016, Prince Gboyega Famoodun, “under the pretext that he was acting on behalf of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State sternly warned by way of threat on Page 11 of The Punch Newspaper of October 31, 2016 that Late Senator Isiaka Adeleke and Hon. Lasun Yusuf should suspend their governorship ambition.
“He further stated in that paper using the coverage of APC to express his personal hatred against both Lasun Yussuff and Isiaka Adeleke that the party will discipline both late Isiaka Adeleke and Lasun Yusuf if they refused to stop their ambition.
“In furtherance to his threat, on 20th February 2017, Gboyega Famoodun again said on a programme tagged “Political Updates” on Rave FM station in Osogbo anchored by Mr Dayo Oderinu that “Lasun Yusuf is on his own”.
“In another edition of the programme held about four weeks later featuring Mr. Azeez Adesiji, an acclaimed Vice Chairman of our party APC in Osun State, Azeez Adeniji said that “Lasun is a prodigal son”. This was to further the personal threat of danger which Prince Famoodun had earlier set against Lasun Yussuff.”
Citing other public instances and actions where threats had been handed to the Deputy Speaker, the Constituency Relations Officer posited that these are indeed, pointers to the fact that the life of Rt. Hon. Lasun Yusuf is in danger.
“We believe perfectly in God, and we do not want any death to occur to anyone in such a mysterious way it had happened in the case of Senator Isiaka Adeleke,” he said.
