JUST IN: APC CONGRESS: Many Injured, Several Vehicles Damaged, As Ogun APC Factional Congress Turns Bloody

JUST IN: APC CONGRESS: Many Injured, Several Vehicles Damaged, As Ogun APC Factional Congress Turns Bloody

October 16, 2021

The APC  state Congress conducted by the faction loyal to Senator Ibikunle  Amosun  was Saturday  invaded by thugs allegedly loyal to governor Abiodun's camp.

The thugs who were  armed with dangerous  weapons invaded the venue of the Amosun  faction Congress at Ake Palace in Abeokuta, shooting  sporadically, while party members at the venue took to their heels for safety.

"They started shooting to scare us out of the venue of the congress with sporadic  gun shots, they also vandalised the windscreen of some vehicles parked at the entrance of the Palace", an eyewitness said

Another source confirmed  that many of the party  members were injured,  while  trying to run for their safety. 

He added that a woman, who had been  rushed  to the hospital,  had her cheek , pierced by bullet.

The source however lamented the action of men of Nigerian Police,  who he claimed looked the other way, while the political  thugs were unleashing  violence on party faithful .

This led to heated argument between  the security  personnel  deployed  to the venue of the Congress and some party loyalist who accused the police of acting  the script of  the other group. 

The situation  led to the delay , of the Amosun faction  State  Congress for about two and half hours.

While reacting to the violence,  Honourable,  Gbenga  Opaleye, who claimed  to be the Chairman  appointed  by the National  Secretariat  of the party to monitor the Congress in Ogun State,  condemned  the act of violence  which he said  was senseless.

"Ogun State is a peace  loving state , I dont  know why we are sent to kill ourselves, you can not shoot the governor nor the Senator ,it is only the common man that is always  at the receiving end of this violence. 

"We were sent here from the National  Secretariat,  our own is  to ensure that the State Congress is conducted. We have been warned that if there was any crisis in any state we should  leave it for the National  Secretariat", he added

At the end  of the Congress of the Amosun faction,  Chief  Derin  Adebiyi  emerged as the state chairman,  while Chief Jide Ojuko and Mr Oluwatoyin  Adebusuwa emerged  as the Deputy  Chairman  and Secretary  of the group  respectively.