Gunmen Attack Aregbesola’s Campaign Office In Osogbo

Gunmen Attack Aregbesola’s Campaign Office In Osogbo.

There was panic in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Thursday as armed polit­ical thugs suspected to be from one of the factional groups within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) launched an attack on the campaign office of the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.

The attack was launched moments after members of the Aregbesola led fac­tion, otherwise called ‘The Osun Progressives’ (TOP), rounded off their weekly meeting at the campaign of­fice, known as Oranmiyan House.

The hoodlums, accord­ing to an eyewitness account, gained access into the prem­ises about 5:30p.m when the leadership and members of the group concluded their meeting.

It was gathered that the hoodlums stormed the ven­ue in a Sienna vehicle and started shooting sporadical­ly into the building, shatter­ing the windows and other valuables.

They also shot at the transformer located in the premises with the hope of igniting the fire from it but for the power outage, the transform­er would have ignited the fire.

While shooting into the building, there was panic as everybody was running hel­ter-skelter for safety. There was also an attempt to set the canopy on fire.

It would be recalled that since Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, openly declared that he is with TOP, the two camps had been engaging one another in a fight.

On Tuesday, there was a fight between the two groups at Ikirun, headquarters of Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state.

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