No fewer than two individuals had been reportedly killed and 5 injured, Wednesday, when the Ondo All Progressives Congress (APC) in Idanre, Ondo state turned violent.
The incident occurred on the headquarters of Idanre native authorities space when the get together carried out congresses throughout its 203 wards within the state.
Final Tuesday, violence erupted on the get together state secretariat when many leaders at a stakeholder’s assembly in Akure had been attacked and critically wounded by hoodlums.
The youthful brother of the state caretaker chairman, Raphael Adetimehin, was stated to have sustained machete wounds after assailants allegedly mistook him for his look-alike brother.
He was stated to have been rushed to the Normal Hospital in Idanre, the place he stays in a coma whereas his automobile is about ablaze.
“They focused my brother as a result of they thought he was me. They shot him a number of occasions however bullets couldn’t penetrate, so he was minimize a number of occasions with a cutlass,” the get together state chairman, Ade Adetimehin, informed newsmen.
There are fears that Raphael and two different males, together with one driving a Venza could not survive the assault as had been stated to have been fatally shot throughout the chaos.
The Ondo state police command confirmed that 5 unidentified individuals had been attacked and a car was set ablaze.
“Three victims sustained various levels of damage and are at present receiving medical consideration whereas two others had been confirmed lifeless on the hospital,” the police public relations officer stated.
Adebowale Lawal, the state commissioner of police and Oluyemi Ibiloye, the NSCDC commandant, that led a safety group to the scene to restore order.
The disaster has escalated tragically, and it took a brand new dimension claiming the lives of two people as confirmed by the police authority in Idanre native authorities space.