A member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was on Saturday shot by a security detail attached to the Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kolapo Olusola.
The incident, which occured at Ikere-Ekiti during the conduct of the presidential and National Assembly election, caused panic in the area.
It occurred at Ereja polling unit in Odo-Oja Quarters of the town when Olusola, a native of the town, was accused of moving around in a convoy by APC members who accused him of violating the Electoral Act.
The APC member that was shot was identified as Jide Owolabi and he was immediately rushed to an undisclosed hospital for medical attention.
The angry APC members and other voters heckled at the deputy governor, accusing him of trying to use the paraphernalia of office to intimidate them.
Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rose in stout defence of Olusola and a shouting match ensued between the two sides which degenerated to a big row.
According to the Nation, armed policemen attached to the deputy governor opened fire in a bid to quell the confusion and Owolabi was hit by one of the bullets.
With Owolabi down by gunshots he received on his buttocks, the youths in the area mobilized themselves and attacked the deputy governor’s convoy.
Speaking with reporters on the incident, Olusola denied moving about as alleged by the youths, claiming that he was in the place to help solve a problem that developed.
Olusola said: “I told them that I am not patrolling, there was a problem which developed and we are trying to solve it.
“The youths were becoming more violent hurling stones at me and the officers behind me shot into the air to scare them. You can see that they destroyed the windscreen of my car.”
But the Senator representing Ekiti South, who is also an indigene of Ikere, Anthony Adeniyi, said the people around were angered by the effrontery of the deputy governor who was going from one polling unit to the other.
Adeniyi said: “I was at Ereja polling unit in Odo-Oja, when he (Olusola) was accosted three times and he refused to stop.”
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