LP chieftain attacked with others in Osun

A chieftain of the Labour Party (LP) Rabiu Ismaila was stabbed and others attacked for pasting posters of a House of Representatives candidate in Atakunmosa East Local Government Area of Osun State, by suspected political thugs.

The party members in Owode, Igangan and Olopon communities in Ijeshaland lamented stating that three different attacks have been carried out on them within a week.

Chairman of Labour Party, Comrade Bello Adebayo, urged the Commissioner of Police, Sunday Faleye, to arrest and prosecute all the thugs that were involved in the attacks.

One of the victims, Ismaila, told The Nation: “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 who pleaded anonymity said the same hoodlums that 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.”

(Nation)