Senator escapes death as gunshots rock APC primaries in Ondo

Gunshots on Monday rocked immoderate wards successful the Ondo Central Senatorial District successful Ondo State during the senatorial primaries of the All Progressives Congress, APC, pursuing the penetration of the venues by suspected governmental thugs.

The thugs suspected to beryllium loyal to 1 of the aspirants successful the territory stormed Ward 5 Okelisa, Amudipe Street, Akure, the authorities capital, wherever they attacked supporters of of the legislator representing the district, Adeniyi Adegbomire.

Adegbomire, who is besides seeking the summons of the party, escaped from the country wherever his conveyance was changeable astatine by the thugs.

The thugs changeable sporadically into the aerial and arsenic good changeable astatine the senator’s vehicle, who was whisked ever from the country by his information personnel.

Journalists covering the exercise, pupils of Ebenezer Primary School, and traders wrong the vicinity, were forced to scamper for information arsenic gunshots rocked the axis.

The assailants besides wielded machetes, attacking voters and disrupting the counting processes astatine the ward.

Speaking to journalists, Adegbomire said the workout was deliberately sabotaged.

Stating that the process was already favouring him, helium alleged that the thugs were deployed to forestall his supporters from accessing the wards.

He said, “It’s a charade. It is simply a implicit charade. I went to my ward, Okilisa Ward 5, Akur...