The Media Committee of Governor Seyi Makinde Campaign Council has condemned the attack on the governor’s campaign trail in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Council, noting that suspected thugs of opposition parties perpetrated the violence.
It maintained that the attacks were premeditated and orchestrated by some opposition elements, who hired street urchins to waylay the convoy of the governor, to paint him in bad light.
“We have read different reports regarding the attacks on the convoy of Governor Makinde by hired thugs of the opposition APC, in collusion with some unscrupulous elements, who tried in vain to disguise as youths of Igangan community. “For the umpteenth time, we want to inform the APC bandits that no level of violence or blackmail will stop Makinde’s campaign and his eventual re-election by the people of Oyo,” it added.
Violence erupted in the community when Makinde took his campaign to Igangan, Ibarapa. Two people were reportedly killed, while scores were injured.
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