Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- The campaign organisation of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), seeking the unconditional release of the governor's supporters allegedly arrested and detained by the police.

The organisation, popularly known as the Imole Campaign Council, which is campaigning for the re-election of Mr Adeleke, submitted the petition at the NHRC headquarters in Abuja on Monday.

The campaign spokesperson, Pelumi Olajengbesi, who spoke with journalists after the submission, accused the police in Osun State of intimidating the governor's supporters ahead of the 15 August off-cycle governorship election.

Mr Olajengbesi alleged that several supporters of the governor had been a...