Osun: Thugs attack Governor’s wife convoy in Ede

Barely two weeks after a list of top Government Officials allegedly marked for attack by the opposition PDP surfaced in the social media, suspended political thugs on Friday, attacked the convoy of the wife of the Governor, Mrs. Kafayat Oyetola, in Owode Ede.

Ede is the home town of the Governor -elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke and the attack was believed to be carried out by the PDP thugs linking it to the earlier list of government officials for attack by the opposition party.

Trouble was said to have started when security operatives attached to the First Lady tried to clear the traffic around Owode Ede to allow for easy passage. Unknown to them, some PDP thugs had positioned themselves and began hauling stones and other dangerous weapons at the convoy, thereby smatching the vehicles and injuring some security operatives in the convoy.

An eyewitness also said “I saw the convoy. But I did not know who the occupant was. They blared the siren but the truck refused to give way. The truck driver is not even from Osun. But some boys just came from nowhere and asked him to use the truck to block the road, to prevent the convoy from proceeding and he agreed. Before you knew it, stones began flying from left and right, all directed at the convoy. To me, it looked like a planned work. But the truck driver only lent himself to be used.”

When contacted, an aide of the First Lady, Iluyomade Oluwatumise confirmed the attack on the convoy. She however said no life was lost in the incident, just as she revealed that some security personnel attached to the convoy sustained various degrees of injuries. She added that all those injured have been taken to the hospital and are receiving medical attention.