THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has tagged the opposition as jittery of its defeat in the forthcoming election and had resorted to using violence to tackle the ruling party.
The party’s publicity secretary, Dr Azeez Olatunde stated this on Sunday while speaking on the violence that erupted following Saturday’s visit of the campaign train of the APC governorship candidate, Chief Adebayo Adelabu to Igbo-ora, Ibarapa North Local Government area of the state.
According to Olatunde, Adelabu was the intended target of the violent attack instigated by the opposition where two persons were reported killed, among which was one person hit with a stray bullet, and some others injured.
But for the proactive intervention of security agencies, Olatunde said Adelabu could have also fallen victim of the violence.
The APC’s statement further read, “The untoward event occurred barely after the APC Guber hopeful, Oloye Bayo Adelabu finished addressing a capacity crowd of supporters who were apparently in the upbeat mood to receive the candidate and his campaign train in the sleepy town.
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“The opposition is jittery ahead of their election defeat, hence have resorted to violence.
“Shortly after the address by the duo of the Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi and the party governorship candidate, Oloye Bayo Adelabu, some stern looking hatchet men were poised to attack the gubernatorial candidate of APC, Bayo Adelabu wielding dangerous weapons as they advanced to his direction to unleash an attack on him.
“According to the eyewitnesses, it took the proactive efforts of the security men to hurriedly whisked Adelabu away to the nearest vehicle for protection.
“The eyewitnesses said, no sooner had Oloye Bayo Adelabu been moved out of the hotspot that the thugs ferociously pounced on the unsuspecting members of the ruling party with dangerous weapons.
“This left a lot of people critically injured while others sustained heavy bruises as they were struggling to run for safety.
The hoodlums, we gathered, later had a field day shooting sporadically into the thin air to scare the residents as they kept hounding anyone in sight putting on APC branded shirts.”
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