APC Reacts To Burning Of High Court In Osun

..Tasks Police, DSS To Investigate Incident

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the burning down of a sectional part of the state High Court, Ilesa, describing it as callous and barbaric.

It was reported that the Ward Two part of the High Court building was razed in the early hours of Sunday which had caused havoc to the building and all the vital documents therein.

Reacting, the leading opposition party, in a statement sympathised with the state judiciary enjoining security agents to intensify their professional dragnet into the incident.

Mogaji KOLA OLABISI, Osun State APC Director of Media and Information, in the statement signed and made available to journalists in Osogbo, on Monday, said the fire incident in the court is a strange development in the history of the state.

“We sympathize with the state judiciary over the burning of the sectional part of the court building which should be a source of concern to all right-thinking members of the society.

“We are enjoining the statutory security services like the police, the Directorate of State Services(DSS), the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence to intensify their professional dragnet into the incident by thoroughly investigating the cause of the inferno with a view to bringing the culprits to book.

“This report of fire incident in the court is a strange development in the history of the state and no stone should be left unturned to unveil the perpetrators of the crime.

“We shall always, as a party, avail the opportunity provided by the rule of law to solve any knotty issue(s) in the political terrain which is the hallmark of our party since its inception.

“All the lovers of democracy should condemn the burning down of a temple of justice which is an essential element in any democratic dispensation”.