Hoodlums on Friday attacked the immediate past commissioner for works and transport in Osun, Engr Oluremi Omowaiye.
This was disclosed by his personal assistant, Yakub Atanda, through a Facebook post
He said that Omowaiye was attacked in Ilesha, his home town, by hoodlums who were alleged to have been sponsored by the Peoples Democratic Party.
According to him, the former commissioner had visited a popular spare parts market in Isida to fete with members of the market and hand them his Christmas gifts of Cow and bags of rice.
“Everything was going smoothly,” said Atanda, “before some hoodlums surfaced from nowhere to hurl bottles, stones and other dangerous objects at our entourage. They shot sporadically at us.”
Speaking to journalists after the incident, Omowaiye said, ” I have many reasons to believe those unhappy I am still around in the state to galvanise support for our party are the characters behind the assassination attempt on my person.
“They have been on my trail for months. They reason that when I and other leaders of the party are taken out or sent out of the state, our rank will fall apart and they would have an edge in the next year’s elections.
“We are resolute, we won’t leave the state for them. We will continue to mobilise for our party so we can truimph at the poll. Asiwaju Tinubu is the next president of Nigeria, by God’s grace and our principal shall get back the mandate freely given to him by our people.
“Our hope is on God and the good people of Osun State who we served meritoriously and would want our party back in government in the state.” He said.
The APC Youth Leader in Ilesha West Ward 3, Opeyemi One, Tosin Adanlawo, Ojo Agboola and Junior Olaojaoke were some of the APC members who suffered various injuries as a result of the attack.
