Petrol station, vehicles vandalized during political rally in Kwara
Violence broke out in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State at the weekend resulting in the destruction of vehicles, a petrol station among others. The violence reportedly broke out when the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took its campaign to the local government.
The campaign was marred by sporadic gunshots as property worth millions of naira were damaged.
State chairman of the APC, Ishola Balogun-Fulani and Ekiti council chairman, Mr. Fatigun Akintoba, alleged that PDP thugs were responsible for the attacks. But the PDP chairman, Chief Iyiola Oyedepo, denied knowledge of the attacks.
The APC chairman said the people of Kwara State were disturbed by what he called the violent activities of the PDP.
"Within every 24 hours, if APC members are not attacked, billboards sponsored by the APC and its candidates will be destroyed", he said.
The chairman also alleged that the party has information that "the PDP printed thousands of APC branded T-shirts which have been distributed to PDP thugs across the state, especially within Ilorin metropolis. The PDP thugs have been mobilised to cause widespread violence, including but not limited to destruction of vehicles".
He called on the police to arrest those responsible for the attack. Fatigun Akintoba, who spoke on behalf of APC stakeholders in the local government, alleged that the suspected hoodlums descended on the people due to the cold reception received by PDP governorship candidate, Senator Simeon Ajibola.
"They unleashed mayhem on our community and destroyed APC bill boards mounted at the junction of Obbo-Aiyegunle. They also vandalised several vehicles and caused untold hardship on our people", he said.
The council chairman who was joined by Deputy Chief of Staff to the governor, Chief Christopher Ayeni, Commissioner for Planning, Mr. Bode Ogunleye, Ebun Owolabi, among others warned that the people cannot be intimidated by bomb and machetes.
On his part, Ayeni urged security agencies not to "play the game of Ekiti State in Ekiti Local Government".
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Communication Network Support Services KwaraLearn Isiaka Saka Opobiyi Forgo Battery New Naira Notes Share Shuaib Boni Aliyu Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem Balogin Alanamu Mumeen Lah Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja Noah Yusuf Ekweremadu Sanusi Abubakar Allocation Moses Adekanye General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Isiaka Alikinla College Of Health Roheemat Hammed Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP) Abdulrahman Onikijipa Ilorin West Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran Tanke Flyover Bridge Abdulsalam A. Yusuf Bello Oyedepo Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road Saadu Gbogbo Iwe Igbomina Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir Isiaka Oniwa Simeon Sayomi Hamid Bobboyi Quareeb Adisa Logun Salihu S. Yaru Idi-Ape Dankaka Maigida Ilesha-Gwanara Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd Umar Adelodun Bayo Lawal Alikinla Hijaab AbdulRahman Saad Mufutau Olatinwo Kwara 2019 Abdullahi Samari Oko-Olowo Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen Abdulazeez Arowona Yakubu Dogara Elerin Of Adanla Ibrahim Sulu Gambari SGBN Harrison Osauwagboe Yekeen Alabi Minimum Wage Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria NITDA Harafat E. Mukadam Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone Kehinde Baale Surajudeen Akanbi Chief Imam Of Ilorin Kola Bukoye Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria Paul Olawoore Saka Aleshinloye Ayoade Akinnibosun Amusa Bello Bukola Ajikobi Olawuyi

