Police in Osun State arrest a serving lawmaker, Hon. Abiola Ibrahim Inaolaji of the Accord Party, during an operation at his residence in Ikire. According to the police accounts cited by both outlets, officers also find more than 200 PVCs (voter cards) at the location. The arrest includes 143 people described as suspected electoral mercenaries who are alleged to have been camped at or near the lawmaker’s home.
Both reports identify Inaolaji as representing Irewole/Isokan State Constituency in the Osun State House of Assembly and say the arrests take place on Friday night. The outlets also frame the case as involving alleged election-related activity, with the presence of the PVCs central to the police allegation. While both describe the same basic incident—arrest, location, number of suspected mercenaries, and number of PVCs—one outlet specifies that the mercenaries are from neighbouring states and were hiding in the lawmaker’s father’s house, adding detail to the police narrative about where the group was staying.
