Gunmen attack Osun town

Gunmen, reportedly hired by politicians, stormed Ilase in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State during the House of Assembly election on Saturday.

According to reports, the gunmen stormed the community with the aim of disrupting the election in the area but were confronted by policemen, leading to a shootout.

A former Commissioner for Special Duties in Osun State, Mr. Ajibola Bashiru, in an interview with journalists, pointed accusing fingers at a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, as the one who brought the hoodlums to attack a leader of the All Progressives Congress, Jumoke Ogunkeyede.

In his reaction, however, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP leader, Mr. Sola Olowoye, said the political thugs were hired by a notable APC leader but were stopped by youths, who were resolved not to allow the election disrupted.

However, the Commissioner of Police in charge of election in Osun State, Mr. Valentine Ntomchukwu, confirmed the attack on the town by gunmen, adding that they were repelled by the police.

He said, “There was no crisis in Ilase and gunmen did not take over the town. What happened was that some gunmen came but they were repelled by my men”.

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