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Ogun APM: How APC thugs attacked, injured our men

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6 years ago

The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Ogun State has dismissed claims by Prince Dapo Abiodun, gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, that he escaped assassination in Abeokuta yesterday.

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The party, with pictures, demonstrated that it was in fact APC’s men who attacked the campaign office of Hon. Micky Kazzim, candidate of the APM for Abeokuta North/Obafemi Owode/Odeda Federal Constituency.

The APM, in a statement signed by the Director General of the Adekunle Akinlade Campaign Organisation, Alhaji Sarafa Tunji Ishola stated that contrary to the claims of the Dapo Abiodun Campaign Organization, that he was attacked, “it was in fact the hoodlums among his supporters and some men in masks, who attacked the campaign office of Hon. Micky Kazzim in Oke Sokori in Abeokuta, vandalising the office and the campaign vehicles at the premises.

“The vandals also searched the campaign office in pursuit of Hon. Kazzim and went berserk when he could not be tracked down in the office. They then went on an orgy of violence destroying the campaign materials of the APM in their path including vehicles, billboards, posters and campaign vehicles. In the process, many supporters of the APM who had gathered at different locations waiting for the campaign train of Hon. Kazzim were attacked and injured. Many of them were taken to hospitals in the state capital.”

The APM identified a supporter of the APC candidate from Ijebu Ode as the one who led the vandals and the hooded men in the attack on the APM campaign office and vehicles.

“This false claim by Dapo Abiodun was a shameless attempt at diverting attention from the violence perpetrated by his men. Once again, this has clearly shown that Prince Dapo Abiodun cannot be trusted with any claims because his candidacy has been plagued by false claims on all fronts,” the APM said.

The party thanked the state police command for its prompt intervention that curtailed the violence by Dapo Abiodun’s men and called on the command to bring Efele and his gang of thugs to face the law.