With 23 days to the governorship election, tension is
currently brewing in Ondo State following the attack on the convoy of Governor
Oluwarotimi Akeredolu by political thugs suspected to be loyalists of the
candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Eyitayo Jegede.
According to sources, the campaign train of Governor
Akeredolu who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC was on
transit through Oba-Akoko to Ikare-Akoko in Akoko North-East Local Government
of the state when the incident happened.
Meanwhile, the PDP has said it was APC supporters who were
in the convoy of Akeredolu that attacked the campaign train of Jegede when both
convoys met at Oba-Akoko in Akoko South West.
Speaking on the development, the Spokesperson of
Akeredolu/Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organization, Olabode Richard Olatunde said that
the attack led to the burning of one of the campaign vehicles in the convoy of
the governor adding that the driver of the vehicle sustained serious bodily
injury.
“While we are shocked and saddened by this attack, we are
not too surprised, because the PDP has shown that it is not focusing on issues
in its campaign for the election. They will rather deploy violence and
falsehood to score cheap political points.”
Meanwhile, 10 campaign vehicles in the convoy of Jegede were
said to have been vandalised in the attack.
It was gathered that Jegede was at the palace of Oloba of
Oba, Oba Nathaniel Adegoroye, the traditional ruler of the town, where he had
gone to pay homage as part of his campaign visits to the town when the
attackers allegedly struck.
According to the Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kennedy
Peretei, the attackers who were hooded stormed the location after alighting
from the convoy of the governor.
Peretei alleged that neither Akeredolu nor the police
operatives in the governor’s convoy did anything to stop the attackers.
“Everybody was taken by surprise. Aketi people were passing
before they stopped abruptly, and before you could say Jack, these masked men
rushed down and started breaking Jegede’s vehicles.
When contacted, the Police Spokesperson in the state,
Tee-Leo Ikoro who confirmed the attack stated that mobile policemen have been
deployed to the area on the order of the Commissioner of Police, Bolaji Salami.
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