Security men
attached to the factional candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,
(PDP), Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim on Monday, allegedly opened fire on the
campaign office of Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) along Ijapo Road in Akure, the
Ondo State capital.
The sporadic
shooting lasted for over 10 minutes.
According to the media aide to
Jegede, Mr. Kayode Fasua, led to the injury of no fewer than 10 people.
Fasua alleged that , Ibrahim and his over 30 vehicles convoy stopped at
the campaign office, in the afternoon of Monday, shooting sporadically
direct at the building.
Hon. Demola Ijabiyi, a member of Jimoh Ibrahim Campaign Committee, denied the allegations.
Ijabiyi said the
security men only shot into the air to prevent the convoy of Ibrahim
from being attacked by the sympathisers of Jegede.
Meanwhile, the
Ahmed Makarfi led PDP in the state has
called on the Federal government, to withdraw
the security escorts deployed to Mr.Jimoh Ibrahim following a shooting
spree by him and his police escort at the campaign office of Mr Eyitayo
Jegede (SAN) .
In a statement
issued by the PDP Director of Publicity, Mr Ayo Fadaka, the party said it
“note with absolute dismay the disorderly conduct of Jimoh Ibrahim who led a detachment of Police to Eyitayo Jegede’s Campaign Office this morning on a shooting spree”.
The party said
Jimoh’s action” is not only criminal but an absolute abuse of an
unmerited privilege conferred on him through the deployment of security
escorts to him by the Federal Government” and thus declared the action
as a” further infringement of the fundamental rights of Mr Eyitayo
Jegede whose mandate to fly the flag of the Party, he blatantly stole
and also a flagrant invasion of his privacy.”
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