The National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rauf Aregbesola, and former Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Prof. Kolapo Olusola-Eleka, have condemned the attack and burning of the party’s secretariat in Ado-Ekiti, describing it as a grave assault on democracy and political tolerance.

Residents and party members reportedly woke up on Tuesday to find the ADC secretariat completely razed, with office equipment, plastic chairs, canopies, and sound systems destroyed.

Hours later, suspected hoodlums were said to have regrouped and invaded the venue of the party’s planned affirmation ceremony, attacking members, vandalising vehicles and motorcycles, and disrupting the event.

Aregbesola, who arrived at the scene shortly after the attackers fled, expressed shock and disappointment over what he termed “a shameful display of intolerance and a dangerous signal for democracy.”