Ajayi accuses APC of attacking campaign office

ONDO State Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of mobilising thugs to attack his campaign office in Akure.

He said APC was out to cause mayhem before the October 10 governorship election.

Ajayi spoke through the Director-General of his campaign organisation, Kola Ademujimi and a security personnel attached to his campaign secretariat, Mr. Gbenga Adeyoriju.

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to stop violence in the state.

PDP accused Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi of colluding with Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to cause mayhem.

The letter addressed to President Buhari and signed by state PDP spokesman Kennedy Pereti alleged that service chiefs had been given access to the political thugs assembled to maim and kill people, to achieve a political objective.

Peretei said petitions to federal authorities have yielded nothing.

Narrating what happened, Adeyoriju alleged that the five thugs came at night in an APC branded vehicle, shot into the air and destroyed the billboard and other valuables on the premises.

He said the attackers used the butt of their guns to destroy the billboard in front of the campaign office and threatened to kill him and his colleague if they made any attempt to stop them.

Ademujimi said the attacks on campaign offices of opposition candidates were becoming worrisome.

He alleged that the APC thugs attacked ZLP members at Idanre during the governor’s campaign in the area on Tuesday.

Ademujimi said: “Akeredolu ‘s thugs are threatening the lives and property of members of ZLP and those of other parties in parts of the state.

“They destroyed chairs, tables and inflicted injuries on our supporters at their ward meeting in Ile-Oluji yesterday.

“They also destroyed Ajayi’s billboards at our campaign office in Akure. They destroyed our flags and posters at Idanre during Akeredolu’s/APC ‘s campaign tour of Idanre yesterday.

“They attacked leaders of another party during their local government meeting in Owo yesterday. I think they are out to cause mayhem even before the October 10 governorship election.”

Spokesman for Ondo APC Mr. Alex Kalejaiye said the party had no reason to encourage thuggery ahead of the poll.

He said it was sad that the PDP had resorted to blackmail and lies.

Kalejaiye said the party and Governor Akeredolu had won the confidence of the people with his capacity to manage resources.