Some youths suspected to be political thugs allegedly invaded a meeting venue of a group of supporters of the Ondo State governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, in his hometown, Owo the headquarters of Owo Loc
al Government Area of the state, on Sunday evening.
According to an eyewitness, when the thugs got to the area where the meeting was being held, they started shooting sporadically to announce their presence. Many of the governor’s supporters at the meeting were allegedly hit by stray bullets. He said, “We were holding our meeting as a group to declare our total support for the re-election of Governor Akeredolu when these thugs brandishing sophisticated weapons such as guns, axes and cutlasses arrived in two vans and a white pick-up.
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