Nigeria, July 31 -- Barely two weeks before the 15 August governorship election in Osun State, the Accord Party has petitioned President Bola Tinubu, Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Disu and others over what it described as the police's pattern of intimidation and politically motivated arrests targeting its members.

The party also renewed its call for the immediate removal of the state's Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan, over alleged partisanship, saying his continued tenure could undermine the credibility of the forthcoming governorship election.

The petition comes after months of heightened tension between the ruling party and the police, including the controversial raid on the residence of Secretary to the State Government ...