A former member of the House of Representatives, representing Irele/Okitipupa federal constituency, from Ondo State, Hon. Albert Akintoye was at the weekend allegedly attacked by officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) at Ore-Irele road.
DAILY POST gathered that security agents, who mistook Akintoye’s convoy for oil bunkerers’ vehicles, allegedly riddled the cars with bullets. At that process, three persons were injured.
Akintoye, who spoke with our reporter on phone explained that he was returning home after a political meeting at Ode-irele in Ondo State when men of the NSCDC numbering 12 suddenly accosted his convoy along Irele/Ore road and ordered him and members of his entourage to lie on the floor.
He said his move to know the mission of the officers resulted to sporadic shooting by the officers, following which three members of his entourage were badly injured.
Akintoye said the officers, who came with two Toyota Hilux vehicles belonging to the state command, allegedly beat them and damaged their vehicles.
Those who sustained injuries according to him were still receiving treatment at a private hospital in Ore.
Akintoye said the officers apologized to him when they discovered that they had mistaken his convoy for that of oil bunkerers.
Akintoye believed that the attack was politically motivated, alleging that the officer who led the team is a younger brother of a top politician from the area, who had engaged him in a contest in recent time.
Akintoye said “The officer claimed that they were chasing some oil bunkerers who normally ply the route, but I want to believe that the attack was politically motivated.
“I was returning from a political meeting at Irele on that fateful day when the incident happened. It was God that saved me. By now I would have been a dead man. The officers later apologized and claimed that they mistook my convoy for that of oil bunkerers”.
The NSCDC spokesman, Kayode Balogun did not confirm or deny the incident.
Balogun said the officers only reported to the command concerning items confiscated from some oil bunkerers in the area.
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