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The gubernatorial
candidate of the United Nigeria Peoples Party in Ogun State, Jacob
Olurin Adeogun, yesterday called on the police command to provide him
adequate security, alleging that his life was under threat, after his
victory at his party primaries. Talking to NEXT in Abeokuta, Mr Adeogun
said he has become a victim of nocturnal calls from people he called
“suspected assassins”, who he claimed have continued to harass him,
intimidate him, and equally sending messages to his friends to advise
him to step down from the race. Mr Adeogun was recently elected as the
flagbearer of the UNPP.

Mr Adeogun who said
he brought the party to the state over 11 years ago and served as its
secretary before his victory at the party’s primaries for the oncoming
April poll, lamented that, “The situation he [was] facing [was]
pathetic” and called for police protection before it got too late.

“This is very
pathetic,” he said. “I now move from one place to another. I can’t go
home straight, I have to be moving round before getting to my house.
Attempt on my life has political colouration and undertone, my
underground political campaign has become a threat to my opposition,”
he further alleged. He therefore appealed to the police authorities to
rise up to the challenge of protecting his life.

“The police are paid to protect the citizens, and I am one of them,” he concluded.