Three APC leaders escape death in Ogun


Three leaders of the All Progressives Congress in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State on Tuesday escaped death as their houses were reportedly attacked by gunmen.
They are the chairman of Ifo Ward 1, Aderibigbe Asimiyu; another leader from the same ward, Fatai Akinlagun, and a youth leader in ward 2, Segun Abolade.
The gunmen, who were said to have wore masks and numbering about 15, stormed the office of Asimiyu and homes of Akinlagun and Abolade, but they were unlucky as their targets were not found there.
They were reported to have shot sporadically into the air to scare away the people.
They were said to have opened fire at Abolade’s house.
The source, who craved anonymity, said many people in the neighbourhood scampered for safety as the hoodlums invaded the area.
Our correspondent gathered that members of a certain cult group were responsible for the attack as they were said to have been led to the area by some prominent members of a major opposition party in the state.
He said, “Something happened yesterday (Monday). A guy was in that area to paste posters of a PDP House of Assembly Candidate, Taiwo Oyero, but was prevented from pasting the posters; the guy could not even identified those who stopped him.
“What happened this morning (Tuesday) was around 11am, these guys stormed the areas and headed for the residents of APC leaders in the local government but none of them were at home. These thugs started shooting sporadically while people, including women, scampered for safety.”
A member of the Ogun State House of Assembly, representing Ifo I State Constituency, Olakunle Oluomo, who also spoke with our correspondent, blamed the incident on the opposition.

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