Gunmen attack Aregbesola’s loyalists in Osun

There was tension around Aregbe area, Osogbo capital of Osun State on Thursday when gunmen attacked loyalists of Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola during their meeting at Oranmiyan House.

It was gathered that the incident around 2:10pm while the loyalists of the former Governor under a group within Osun All Progressives Congress (APC) named The Osun Progressives (TOP) were holding their weekly meeting at Oranmiyan House along Gbongan-Osogbo road.

An 80-second video clip showed four gunmen alighting from a black Sienna bus and shooting sporadically in front of the venue of the meeting.

One of them armed with an axe approached the premises where the meeting was holding while others mounted the road maiden, shooting indiscriminately to the air.

The incident caused drivers to abandon their vehicles on the road as passersby run to safety.

The loyalists of Aregbesola who were at the venue ran for cover.

The gunmen later entered their vehicle and escaped through Ogo-Oluwa road.

Chairman of the group within APC, Osun State, Elder Adelowo Adebiyi, accused Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of masterminding the attack.

Adebiyi told reporters: “This attack has confirmed the alarm I raised on Monday that the Governor’s men were out to assassinate its leaders. This led to a stampede as APC members scampered for safety. Luckily for us, there were no major casualties as members ran into the main building for safety. But some of our people were wounded.”

(The Nation)