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Hoodlums attack ALGON members, APC chief over Oyo LG crisis
Some elected council chiefs that was sacked eight months ago by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State were allegedly attacked by some thugs on Wednesday.
The Chairman of the Afijio Local Government area of the state, Samuel Aderemi, was waylaid and abducted by the thugs who reportedly stormed the council secretariat in the early hours of the day.
Aderemi, who was said to have been beaten to a pulp by his attackers, was rescued by security agents who whisked him away in a bus before the situation got out of hand
Similarly, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Lukmon Anwo, was also said to have been attacked
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The political thugs reportedly went on the rampage at the Ibadan North, Ibadan North East and Omi Apata local council development areas on Wednesday
Officers of the Oyo State Police Command, with some personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, later quelled the crisis in the affected areas.
It was gathered that some party loyalists suffered varying degrees of injury
The state ALGON chairman, Abass Aleshinloye, in a telephone interview with our reporter said some of his members were rushed to hospitals for treatment.
He said, “We know where this is coming from. They instigated thugs to attack some of our members in an attempt to prevent us from carrying out our constitutional duties.”
The sacked chairmen and councillors had on Monday resumed duty after being relieved of their jobs eight months ago by Makinde.
Recall that the leadership of the National Union of Local Government Employees had on Sunday directed its members to stay at home to avoid being causalities
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