Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola
The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf
Aregbesola and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun
East Senatorial District, Mr. Francis Fadahunsi, have accused each other
of being responsible for the political violence which broke out in
Ilase and Ibokun in Obokun Local Government Area of the state on Friday.
The governor, in a statement in Osogbo
on Sunday by his media aide, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, said that hoodlums
suspected to be working for Fadahunsi unleashed terror on members of the
All Progressives Congress in Ilase when he (Aregbesola) went to pay
homage to the Ilase monarch. Fadahunsi, who is an indigene of the town,
is contesting against the candidate of the APC in the senatorial
district, Mr. Jide Omoworare.
Aregbesola condemned the alleged attack
on the APC members and said a female member of the ruling party in the
state survived the attack but had one of her ears slashed with a
machete.
Aregbesola’s statement read, “The
governor had gone to Obokun Local Government to campaign for his party
and its contestants for various positions when the PDP members attacked
the APC members.
“We, as a party, are responsible and
peace-loving. We are loved by the people. It is those who do not have
electoral value that will attack the same people they ought to patronise
for votes.
“We are popular and we are on ground.
This people resort to violence, because they know that they don’t have
the support of the people.
“We, however, remain undaunted. We will
not be cowed by anybody in the state. In the last four years, my
government has restored peace to the state. We call on security agencies
to be proactive and deal with anyone, whose sole agenda is to cause
violence in the state.”
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