Oyo Politics: Four Persons Injured, Properties Worth Millions Destroyed As PDP Thugs Launch Bloody Attack On ADP Supporter

 

 

At least four people have been reportedly  injured on Thursday when thugs  believed to be members of the Oyo State people Democracy Party  (PDP) launched a bloody attack on Supporter of the Oyo state Action Democracy Party (ADP). On Thursday, June 2nd, 2022, there was an occurrence that took place in the Aba-Alamu Apata area in Apata, Ibadan, Oyo State.

During the bloody attack,  4 people were said to have sustained severe injuries while the residence of a supporter of the Action democracy party,  Mr Olageshin Olajide, was attacked while property worth millions of naira were destroyed during the attacked.

The damaged building

 

Source said the attackers initially  targeted Mr Olageshin Olajide, who was a very influential figure in the PDP members before  pitching tent with the ADP along with thousands of his supporters, infuriated by this, the PDP became  threatened knowing they could loose the election with Mr Olageshin who Suddenly left the Party to join the Action democracy party (ADP).
 

Source also disclosed that  before the attack, the PDP had pleaded with Him to rethink and come back to the party, while juicy offers were also made but instead chosen to support MR Akim Yusuf who was running for the office of the Governor of Oyo State under the Action Democracy Party (ADP). It was after the plea was rejected that thugs who were suspected to be sponsored by the PDP began to trail Mr Olageshin  and successfully launched two different attacks on him, which he luckily escaped



After Thursday's attack, our correspondent was at 14, Aba Alamu Street Apata Ibadan Oyo State where the incident occurred but were informed that Mr Olageshin Olajide with his wife Mrs Olageshin Shola and children, Olageshin Adedamola and Olageshin Olakunle to an unknown destination.

One of the relatives, Mrs Babatunde Comfort Olayinka, who happens to be an in-law of Mr. Olageshin Olajide, spoke with our correspondents about the attack. According to her, she stated that some thugs have been trailing Mr Olageshin Olajide and his family since May 2022 when he was staying at his former residence at Ayede Street oke ayo odo ona Ibadan.





Where they first attacked him, they came around 10 pm on 4th May 2022. Luckily, they didn't meet anyone at his apartment. They destroyed all his property and  left a warning that they would return if he didn't return back to PDP.

He was in my house with his wife and children that night when the attackers struck.  I was the one who drove them back home before we discovered the  house had been attacked. They didn't sleep at home that night. They just picked a few of their belongings, and we drove back to my house. In fact, they moved to the new house after taking refugee in my house.



After that incident passed , he had to relocate to the Aba-Alamu area with his wife and children for safety before he and his family were attacked again yesterday, but thank God he still escaped this attack. When I got her and saw how bullets riddle through the front door of his apartment, I marvelled, I don't think this is just an attack. It is an assassination attempt. I was informed by people in the community that the thugs wanted to burn down the house when they discovered he had escaped and that it took the Intervention of some youths and local vigilantes in the community to stopped them from burning the house. The thugs have also burnt down completely the cements shop of my sister  at T. Junction Asanpaowo, Oluyole extension Ibadan.

Since yesterday, I have not heard from him, and his wife, I don't know their condition, I don't know what they are passing through right now, I have tried to call their phones but switched off. I have made a report at the Iyaganku police area Headquarters, the police is aware of the situation.

Some of the residents who spoke with our correspondents at the Aba-Alamu community said  the thugs came with  a black golf car that had no plate registration number and were putting on branded shirts and face caps of PDP logo.

Our correspondents also visited number 29, Ayede Street oke ayo odo ona Ibadan where Mr Olageshin Olajide was said to have resided with his family before, where he was first attacked  in May 4th 2022 to investigate from the residents of the area what they know about the attacks, Prince Adekunle Adejumo who is the current chairman of Ayede Street  confirmed that Mr Olageshin was attacked in May and that he only escaped death by whisker, and also Mr Aborisade Ibrahim who is the secretary of Ayede, Akinyemi community said the attack created a lot of tension amongst residents of Ayede street on that night and that they had to call on local vigilantes to patrol the area till the next morning. According to other sources, the hoodlums possessed a black golf car without a registration number, but wore PDP face caps and were fully harmed to the teeth.

According to sources, those injured during the attack are still receiving treatment at a private hospital in Ibadan.