Tension heightened in Akure, the Ondo State capital on
Sunday morning when thugs suspected to be from the camp the of All Progressive
Congress, APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP attacked each other.
During the fracas, sporadic shootings rented the air as
motorists and passers-by scampered for safety.
With the busy Oba Adesida road deserted which also extended
to Arakale axis of the city, those who were on their way to church were forced
to turn back in order not to be caught in the web of the violent attack.
The thugs armed with dangerous weapons were said to be about 70 in number.
Two persons were allegedly shot during the attack.
It was gathered that the early morning crisis was a reprisal
attack by suspected APC thugs following an attack on their members at
Ijomu/Oba-Nla junctions of the state capital by PDP thugs on Saturday night.
According to a source, policemen who were drafted from
A-Division Police Station which was few meters from the scene of the crisis
could not stop the thugs who were said to be armed with guns, machetes and
other dangerous weapons.
The governorship election in the state will hold six days
from now.
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