There has been exchange of blames amongst the leadership of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun state, as six people, including an orderly to a serving Senator, Gbenga Obadara, have been shot and wounded in Itori, Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state.
The crisis erupted when members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, allegedly came on a shooting spree, apparently to disrupt a senatorial meeting being held by a faction of the party in the state.
Narrating their ordeal, the Senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial District, Gbenga Obadara, and a House of Representatives member, Adekunle Adeyemi, said that they were attacked during a meeting to sensitise members of their senatorial district on the forth coming registration exercise of the party.
Adeyemi also accused the State Police Command of failing to do its job, an allegation the Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, debunked.
In the meantime, the State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has absolved himself of any involvement in the attacks. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Sola Balogun, Governor Amosun condemned the act and the allegation.
In his words; “The news of the alleged attack was shocking to me. All the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as well as chairmen of our local councils were in Lagos to celebrate Baba Bisi Akande. It is even more curious that some chieftains of our party would choose a time to honour our revered leader for another meeting. The motive is certainly questionable.”
He also said that “the alleged thuggery has all the trappings of a stage-managed event, with the aim of attempting to take over the machinery of our great party through subterfuge. But we will not be taken in by such blackmail.”
The victims of the attack are already receiving treatment at a private hospital in the state capital.
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