Nigeria, March 19 -- The Osun State government has strongly criticised Ajibola Basiru, the national secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for requesting President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in Osun State.

The state government said it viewed Mr Basiru's request as a "callous" attempt to seize power through illegitimate means.

Mr Basiru had praised President Tinubu's declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State and urged him to take similar action in Osun.

The APC national secretary cited Governor Ademola Adeleke's resistance to the reinstatement of APC council chairpersons, as ordered by a court, as justification.

In response, Kolapo Alimi, the Osun State commissioner for information and public enlig...