Aregbesola condemns illegal spiritual psychiatric centre

Osun State Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has condemned the existence of an illegal spiritual psychiatric centre in Iwo, Osun State and warned against setting up of such unscrupulous healing and rehabilitation center in any part of the state.

The governor who spoke through the Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Office of the Governor, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, yesterday, lamented that the illegal rehabilitation home along the Iwo-Osogbo Road was shocking and uncalled for.

Aregbesola said with the efforts of the state government in taking care of the people with mental challenge in the state, no one had reason to set up any spurious spiritual psychiatric centre.

His words; “The attention of the Government of Osun has been drawn to the existence of an uncertified rehabilitation home where about two dozens of mentally challenged persons have been discovered off the Iwo-Osogbo Road on Thursday, February 23rd, 2017. Preliminary investigations have indicated that the person who claims to be in charge of this rehabilitation home; the entire environments of the location and other relevant factors have shown that this is unacceptable.

“The government has moved fast to evacuate the emaciated mentally challenged persons who were found to be in different deplorable states of health to its facilities at the state hospital and rehabilitation home while the State Police Command continues with its full investigations. This is therefore to state categorically that the Government of Osun will not permit the setting up and running of rehabilitation homes in any part of the state.”