According to the statement, Bisi was arrested at his residence in Ilesa shortly after returning from voting.

Adeleke said he was informed that the PDP chairman was taken to an undisclosed location, adding that no reason had been given for his arrest.

The governor described the arrest as an attempt to intimidate his supporters. He also accused the APC of working with what he called compromised security agents to restrict people from monitoring the collation of election results.

“This latest sweep on my supporters, I have authoritatively learnt, is part of a broader plan to give the APC unhindered access to change results at collation centres and upturn our wins at the poll,” Adeleke said.

Adeleke described what he alleged was a plan to interfere with the collation process as an attack on democracy, urging those involved not to use state institutions to interfere with the outcome of the election.

He called for the immediate release of Bisi and other persons he described as political prisoners across Osun State.

“Election should be about the people freely giving their mandates to the person of their choice without threat or force,” the governor said.

DAILY POST had reported that Salaam was whisked away by security operatives after violence broke out at his polling unit.

He further stated that the attack was directed at his person but was foiled by his movement away from the area and the intervention of his security personnel.

The ADC candidate revealed that his security team quickly moved him out of the area, describing the incident as serious.

“The plan was to even attack me. That alone was to attack me, my personality. It is because of my strategic movement from that area that made it impossible for him to attack me. It is not a small thing; it is a big thing. It is a well-planned thing,” Salaam said.

He questioned why the incident occurred barely a minute after he cast his vote, noting that the voting process had been ongoing peacefully before his arrival.

According to him, the development left him ‘so bad’ and ‘so sad’, expressing concern about the state of democracy and the effectiveness of security arrangements during elections.

The singer also charged the youths not to leave their polling units until elections results are being uploaded to the INEC Result Viewing, IREV, portal.

Recall that Davido had called on the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to use the front camera if the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, is not functioning.

He had earlier told the Ebonyi star INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Pauline Ugonyeka, that her mission will fail in the Osun State governorship election and alleged that soldiers were planning to prevent him from entering Osun State ahead of the governorship election.

“Osun State youths are seizing APC money meant for vote buying. Don’t leave your polling unit until it’s being uploaded on the IREV. Protect your vote now,” he charged the youths.