*SenatorialCandidate Hospitalised
THE Lagos State chapter of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has said that some mobile phones stolen from its supporters travelling from Ojo Local Council in three branded vehicles, had been recovered, following the prompt intervention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman in Ikeja Local Council.
The vehicles and it’s occupants were attacked by suspected thugs at Opebi before arriving at the venue of its town hall meeting in Oregon.
NDC state Publicity Secretary, Olushile Akinyemi, who disclosed this on Friday, November 13, during a television programme, explained that the attackers had damaged the vehicles and stolen items, including the mobile phones belonging to the its members.
Akinyemi said the APC chairman, who arrived at the scene in an APC-branded Sienna bus, approached the NDC members to ascertain what had happened and subsequently made efforts to recover the stolen phones.
He added that less than an hour later, some NDC members were contacted and handed the recovered phones.
“But the funny thing was that we recovered the phones. The APC chairman in Ikeja Local Government recovered those phones for us,” he stated.
Akinyemi lamented that the NDC senatorial candidate for Lagos East, Adeola Adebanjo, had been hospitalised after sustaining a broken leg during an attack on party members in the state.
He said Adebanjo was injured when an iron pierced his leg as he ran for safety when suspected political thugs attacked his supporters on Thursday during a town hall meeting in Oregun area of Ikeja.
The armed hoodlums invaded the venue ahead of the planned visit of NDC’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, forcing participants to scamper for safety.
This led to a confrontation between the attackers and some NDC supporters, who resisted the invasion, until the arrival of the Police, which restored order, and the meeting later reconvened.
Akinyemi said: “Our senatorial candidate for Lagos East, Adeola, had his leg broken during the mayhem. He is currently in hospital as I speak.”
The state chapter of APC had on Thursday condemned the attack, but dismissed the allegation linking it to the incident.
Its Publicity Secretary, Seye Oladejo, described the allegation as baseless, challenging NDC to provide credible evidence, if it had any, to security agencies, rather than make public insinuations.
