PDP Sponsored Killings In Ojoku, Kwara South – APC Alleges
BY AMOS DUNIA, ABUJA – The All Progressives Congress (APC), said it has petitioned security agencies over what it described as “the gruesome attack” on its Party’s Senatorial candidate for Kwara South, Hon. Lola Ashiru by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Rafiu Ibrahim.
The APC said the alleged deadly attacks which occurred in Ojoku town in Kwara South Senatorial District, has left no less than eight people badly injured while two others were allegedly shot dead.
A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu also said the palace of the Olojoku of Ojoku, HRH Oba Abdulganiy Adegboyega Afolabi was not spared in the attacks.
According to him; “The royal father was also stoned, according to credible and verifiable independent accounts.
“We have reproduced below a transcript of a victim’s account of the attacks:
“Ojoku has been turned into a killing field with many displaced residents fleeing to neighboring communities for their safety. Eight people were shot, two others died. The army has rescued us and we are at Offa General Hospital.
“Olojoku palace was terribly attacked, our Kabiesi was stoned. I can tell you that myself and Ashiru escaped death by whiskers. It was a terrible experience. May Allah forgive the souls of the two that fell by their gunshots.
“Senator Rafiu Ibrahim was sighted running away from a hotel in the community moments after the attacks.
“I can confirm to you that he (Senator Ibrahim) masterminded this attack because I was there when Olojoku called him. His first statement was that it was APC fighting against APC. Olojoku cursed him in our present and said he will never get to that position again.”
The APC therefore called on security agencies to fish out and arrest Senator Ibrahim Adebayo, who the APC said has since gone into hiding, adding that such murderous crimes cannot be swept under the carpet in the name of politics.
Issa-Onilu said Senator Adebayo and his accomplices must face the law for their heinous crimes just as he commiserated with the Olojoku, families over the dead victims and the entire Ojoku community over the attacks and prayed for the speedy and full recovery of the injured.
The APC further said; “The Kwara electorate have had enough of this kind of retrogressive politics and attempt to suppress the will of the people. In the forthcoming elections, the Kwara electorate are ready to vote for the Next Level of progress and development which the APC administration guarantees. No level of violence and intimidation will deter the Kwara electorate.”
