A Labour Party (LP) Chieftain, Rabiu Ismaila has been attacked
by thugs who stabbed and attacked him and others for allegedly pasting posters
of a House of Representatives candidate in Atakunmosa East Local Government
Area of Osun State.
It would be recalled that some members of the Labour party in Owode, Igangan
and Olopon communities in Ijeshaland have repeatedly cried out over incessant
attacks. They claimed that they've been attacked more than three times within a
week.
The Osun State Chairman of the Labour Party, Comrade Bello Adebayo, while reacting
to the incident urged the Commissioner of Police, Sunday Faleye, to arrest and
prosecute all the thugs that attacked the party’s members.
One of the victims, Ismaila, while speaking to The Nation said;
“I am still receiving treatments at Wesley Guild hospital, Ilesa after I was
hacked by PDP political thugs. The thugs are from Iwara. I was attacked on
November 30th by six of those thugs. I was attacked because I pasted the
posters of Labour Party House of Representatives candidate, Kunle Gideon,
popularly known as Aloba. That is my only offence. We are living in fear in
that area.”
Another victim revealed that same hoodlums who attacked Ismaila came to attack
other members of the party, late Thursday around 11 pm at Olopon Ajegunle
village.
He said;
“They came to my house; forced their way inside and started destroying my
property. Thank God we were able to escape. One of the persons that came to
attack us is Tayo, notoriously known as Ijoba. The policemen in our area are
not capable of handling these guys.”
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