They were attacked when prominent members
of the APC in the state staged a solidarity walk in support of the 2023
presidential ambition of the former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu.
The APC members were led by the
gubernatorial candidate of the party, Senator Teslim Kolawole Folarin, APC
candidate in Oyo Central and Oyon North, Dr. Yunus Akintunde and Abdulfatai
Buhari respectively.
Others are APC candidates in Ogbomoso
North, Ogbomoso South and Oriire federal constituency, Olamiju Alao-Akala,
Idris Abiola Ajimobi, Dr. Fola Akinosun among others.
It was, however, gathered that some of the
APC members who staged the solidarity walk were ambushed when they got to the
Labiran area along the Beere -Oje-Gate Road.
It was gathered that no fewer than ten (10)
were injured during the attack.
Folarin, while speaking on the attack,
described the incident as unfortunate, adding that the injured members have
been rushed to an undisclosed hospital for medical attention.
Folarin said, “As peaceful and law-abiding
citizens, we will not take laws into our hands. To this end, I call on law
enforcement agencies to do the needful.
“Not minding the deadly attacks on our members by Makinde’s agents of darkness, we’re continuing our walk for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu / Kashim Shettima. The injured members are receiving treatments at an undisclosed hospital.”
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