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From Lateef Dada, Osogbo
There was unrest in Osun State yesterday following the killing of four people by unknown gunmen in different parts of the state, with the state Assembly Speaker, Timothy Owoeye, said to have escaped death by the whiskers in a suspected assignation attempt.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have traded accusations and counter-accusations since the killing began after the judgment of the election petition tribunal.
Owoeye explained that it took the gallantry of the men of the Department of State Services (DSS) and police officers attached to him to repel the assailants who arrived at his premises around 2am yesterday. He alleged that about five members of the APC had been killed in a gruesome manner across Eti-Oni in Atakumosa East, Oke-Aga, and Ilesa, including the immediate past secretary of Atakumosa East LCDA.
While the speaker alleged that his attackers were political thugs, the caretaker chairman of the PDP, Dr. Akindele Adekunle, also alleged that APC has unleashed a killer squad on members of the party in the state. Adekunle alleged that the APC attacked its members after Governor Ademola Adeleke led a campaign, saying “as a result of this devilish act from them, two members of our party (PDP) from the Ilesa West area were shot dead with the third one in a coma.
“Those killed by the hired thugs of APC on the orders of their party chieftains in the state are; Rafiu Quadri Abiodun and Elijah Baba Ewe, while the third victim, Gbenga Femi from Olorunsogo, is in a state of coma presently.” .
Spokesperson of the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Council, Remi Omowaye, alleged that five members of the APC were killed by a political thug loyal to a popular PDP chieftain. He alleged that the recent killing of Ibrahim Adebiyi a.k.a. ‘Omo Alhaja’ made it five members of the APC that have been killed by PDP thugs in the Ilesa axis.
Meanwhile, the police spokesperson in the state, Yemisi Opalola, said it was a rival cult clash and four suspects have been arrested in connection with the killings. She confirmed that Tuesday’s killings in Ilesa were damaging, saying that the Commissioner of Police has ordered a total clampdown on cultists and other criminal-related activities in all the nooks and crannies of the state.She said: “Presently, four suspects have been arrested in connection with the mayhem in Ilesa and its environment, while efforts are in the top gear to arrest other perpetrators.”
