Suspected political thugs, who were armed and masked, reportedly disrupted the campaign.
The Ondo State Police Command has said it is investigating reports of violent attacks on the candidate of the Social Democratic Party for the House of Assembly elections , Ebenezer Adeniyan, during his campaign outing in Akure on Friday.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Femi Joseph, told PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday that the Commissioner of Police had ordered a full investigation into the matter. He noted that without reducing the seriousness of the matter, the candidate of the SDP failed to inform the police of his outing for which security would have been provided.
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