About three weeks to the governorship election in Ondo state, political thugs allegedly sponsored by governor Akeredolu on Wednesday attacked the convoys of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Eyitayo Jegede in Oba Akoko in Akoko southwest local government area of the state.
The viral video showed that the Akeredolu thugs attacked the candidate of the PDP in Oba Akoko town where Jegede campaign ahead of the October 10 election in the state and set campaign vehicle ablaze.
According to the statement released by the states Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kennedy Petetei said “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede, was on Wednesday attacked at Oba Akoko, with 10 of his campaign vehicles brutally vandalised.
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 descended on his campaign team.
“Some of his supporters sustained varying degree of injuries and have been taken to the near hospital.
“The attackers who were hooded stormed the location after alighting from the convoy of the State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu who himself was passing by the area at the time.
“Eyewitness said 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 Jack, these masked men rushed down and started breaking Jegede’s vehicles.
“We had run for safety and by the time we ran, one vehicle was in flame while about 8 others had their windscreens, side glasses and rear-screen smashed,” the eyewitness added.
Peretei said that” the PDP had suffered a series of attack in the state in recent times.
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was allegedly accused of vandalising Jegede’s billboards parts of the state in recent time.
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