ONDO APC CONGRESS : FRACAS AS THUGS INVADE VENUE...
The last saturday state congress of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ondo state was marred, leave nothing less than 47 people with various degrees of injury as thugs invaded the venue of the parallel state congress of the party.
Amongst those that sustained the injuries include politicians, Journalists and passers-by, as the the thugs invaded the venue with guns, matchets, axe and cudgels to beat APC members that have gattered at the BTO hall events centre,Akure already doing accreditation from the whole 18 local government areas of the state.
The thugs numbering no fewer than 35 ,chased the delegates out of the hall, destroyed the ballot paper, table and chairs, the electronic gadgets and broke all the glass used to decorate the front of the event centre.
The fracas leaving the National Assembly member representing ldanre/ lFedore federal constituency, Bamidele Baderinwa matchetted and was stripped naked by the thugs while his orderly fled the scene. He left the scene in his torn torn white native attire, Senator Ajayi Boroffice was said to have made a u- turn following the disruption of the state congress of a faction loyal to him and the former deputy governor of the state Alhaji Alli Olanusi.
Also those that was not spear in the attack included the Osun state commissioner for Regional integration, Bola Ilori and other chieftains of the party including Tolu Babaleye, ldowu Otetunbi, the candidate for the Publicity Secretary of the faction Leye Akinola and the Director General of the Segun Abraham Campaign Organisation Eko Davies.
While Journalists at the event were equally injured in the process included the state chairman of the NUJ and state correspondent of Thisday,James Sowole, Damisi Ojo of the Nation, Bamigbola Gbolagunte of the Sun, Sunkanmi Elujoba of Adaba FM, Olumide Abudu of Radio Nigeria Positive FM amongst others from the broadcast organisations. This action was seriously frowned at by the leadership of NUJ in the state, through a release by the state scribe of the Union,'' Leke Adegbite.
The venue of the parallel congress which was less than 100 meters to the Divisional Police Station and the Area Commander office did not have intervention of the police as the thugs operated freely at the venue.
However, Society Premium gathered that the parallel congress by the faction was relocated to lgbara- oke area of the state after the disruption to hold the Congress, as the following emerged as the elected executives of the parallel faction which include ldowu Otetunbi as the factions state chairman while Gani Muhammed was elected as the Secretary amongst other officers.
Meanwhile, the Governor Rotimi Akeredolu led faction which held its Congress at the Dome event centre and witnessed by INEC and national officers of the party , under the supervision of Mathew Omegara who led other four members elected Ade Adetimehin as state chairman while Alaye Adesina emerged as the state secretary.
Governor Akeredolu in his speech at the occasion, said any other Congress held outside his own faction was a ‘ counterfeit”. Akeredolu who said there was no perfection in human existence said he took full responsibility for every lapses in the party.
He promised that with the emergence of new state executives ” it will be a new begining the party. We will meet and unify all the members of the party and forget ahead. The governor said the party would forge ahead to ensure the re- election of President Muhammadu Buhari next year. Related.
While the new elected chairman, Engr. Ade Adetimehin charges members to come together and forge ahead, while he promises to embrace peace at moving the party forward.
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