[FILE PHOTO] Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
All Progressives Congress (APC ) governorship candidate in Kwara
State , AbdulRasak AbdulRahaman, yesterday deplored the alleged
attack on the convoy of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Ilorin , the
state capital , by suspected political thugs .
The attack , according to AbdulRazaq ’s media aide , Rafiu Ajakaye ,
that occurred at Isale Aluko , a settlement at the heart of Ilorin , left
many APC supporters with gunshot wounds .
He accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ) of masterminding
the attack .
Briefing the press in Ilorin , Ajakaye said : “ We condemn the brazen
attack today in Ilorin on the convoy of the vice president, Prof . Yemi
Osinbajo, by armed PDP thugs , culminating in life - threatening
gunshot injuries to at least two of our supporters , while many others
got seriously injured running for their lives .
“ The vice president was at Isale Aluko suburb of Ilorin on a door- to -
door campaign when some dare - devil gunmen opened fire at his
convoy which included thousands of APC members and supporters .”
However , attempts to speak with Yusuf Olaniyonu, the spokesman to
Senate president, Bukola Saraki , proved abortive .
But Kwara PDP denied involvement of its members and supporters
in the attack .
In a statement by its publicity secretary , Tunde Ashaolu , the party
noted that the incident was an intra - party affair of the APC , arising
from the endless crises confronting the party .
He explained that the vice president had earlier visited Agbaji, home
of Senator Saraki, without any confrontation or crisis .
Crisis , however, broke out when Osinbajo got to Alanamu ward of
Isale- Aluko , which is the base of two former governorship aspirants
of the APC , Lukman Mustapha and Moshood Mustapha, who had
been engulfed in superiority war, he added .
His words: “ It was also gathered that the money released to be
shared among party supporters triggered the violence.
“ Our party has no time for violence, as we have been busy
preparing for the elections.
“ Once again , we emphasise that the PDP has no hand in the fracas
and we reject any attempt by the APC to link our party to the crisis .
We advise them to resolve the lingering crisis in their party.
“ We also urge security agencies to thoroughly investigate this matter
and not to indiscriminately arrest innocent people who have no
connection with this unfortunate incident. ”
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