The Ondo State chapter of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, has described the alleged assassination attempt on
the life of the senator representing Ondo North senatorial district, Prof.
Ajayi Boroffice, as a plan orchestrated by the senator to gain public sympathy.
In a statement issued by the
party’s Publicity Secretary, Alex Kalejaiye, the APC stated that none of its
members attacked the senator, who had gone for a meeting in Owo.
However, Kalejaiye confirmed in
the statement that some “innocent gentlemen” who
he said were not APC members had stormed the venue of the campaign and
instructed that the senator who was in Owo, the home town of Gov. Oluwarotimi
Akeredolu should leave the hall.
The statement reads: “It has
become imperative to place on records that the alleged disruption of Senator
Ajayi Boroffice’s speech in Owo on Saturday has no connection whatsoever, with
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN, who hails from the town, nor with the All
Progressives Congress(APC).
“Our investigations showed that
the whole affair was stage-managed by the supporters of the Akoko-born senator
to garner public sympathy for him.
“It was gathered that Senator
Ajayi Boroffice was almost done with his campaign at the Raheem Event Centre,
in Owo, before a handful, innocent-looking young guys stormed the venue and
demanded that the senator should leave.
“Like a well-rehearsed drama, the
senator’s bodyguards, numbering over 40, were said to have started shooting
indiscriminately, shortly after their principal left the hall, to lend credence
to the premeditated claim of attack.”
Kalejaiye also stated that
neither the Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu nor the state chairman of the
party, Ade Adetimehin, knew about the alleged attack.
“It should be noted that Arakunrin
Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, is presiding over the well-being of the entire
state, and would never instigate any act of violence in any party of the State,
not even in Owo.
“As a party, the State Chairman,
Engnr. Ade Adetimehin, has repeatedly emphasised discipline as the new badge of
every APC member in the State.
“It is, therefore, unthinkable
for anyone to insinuate that genuine APC members would disrupt any gathering in
the state, let alone that of a serving Senator.
“We want to use this opportunity
to appeal to all aspirants to place the interest of the state ahead of
personal, political gains. We also call on APC adherent to eschew any act of
violence and continue to maintain the peace before and after the primaries,”
the statement read.
Senator Boroffice who is also an
APC member, have been having a running battle with Gov. Akeredolu, had raised
alarm over an alleged assassination attempt when he went to Owo to solicit the
support of some party members in his reelection bid to the upper chamber of the
National Assembly.
The media aide to the senator,
Kayode Fakuyi, had in a statement fingered Gov Akeredolu to have sent in the
suspected thugs to disrupt the meeting.
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