APC defectors attacked by hoodlums in Osun state

APC defectors attacked by hoodlums in Osun state

- Armed hoodlums allegedly attacked former members of the APC who defected to ADP in Osun state during a meeting

- Several defectors were reportedly injured during the attack

- Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the attack

Some hired hoodlums reportedly attacked members of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP) who recently defected from All Progressives Congress (APC) during a meeting on Saturday, July 28, in Osogbo, Osun state.

The Punch reports that a former chairman of the Oriade local government area of Osun state, Taiwo Fatiregun, and four others were injured in the attack.

Fatiregun, in an interview in Osogbo on Sunday, said that the hoodlums numbering up to 30 invaded the venue where members of the ADP were holding a political meeting in Ijebu Jesa and attacked the defectors.

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He said: “We left the APC last week for the ADP and we were holding a meeting yesterday (Saturday) when some hoodlums numbering about 30 came and attacked us. Their sponsor asked them to kill me but I was lucky. One of them hit me on the head with an iron rod; they also injured four others during the mayhem.

“I was rushed to the hospital. A chairman asked them to attack me; he is still with the APC. He instructed them to kill me. The hoodlums broke Adewale Adewumi’s two hands; Ojo was also injured; Bashiru Albankudi was injured and Sunday Folorunso almost lost one of his eyes as well as Moses Fajuyigbe, who was also inflicted with a machete cut on the head.

“Nobody died among us and the case was reported to the police and the police have started arresting the brains behind the attack. Their main sponsor has been arrested and I think two others. Those who carried out the attack fled but the chairman’s son was among them."

The police spokesperson in the state is yet to confirm this attack or the arrest of the suspects as all efforts to get a statement from the police pro has been unsuccessful.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that Moshood Adeoti, the secretary to the Osun state government, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC). He announced his resignation in a July 21 letter.

“I hereby wish to notify you of my decision to resign my membership of the the All Progressives’ Congress,” the letter read.

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