Osibanjo escapes assassination .
Four critically wounded as Osinbajo escapes assassination.
We ‘re not aware – Police
Barely 24 hours after his rumoured resignation, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Thursday evening, escaped assassination attempt on his life in Ilorin Kwara State.
The Vice President had gone to Isale Aluko surbub of the state capital when unknown gun men reportedly attacked his convoy.
Reports reaching DEZ MAYORZ say four men hiding in a compound suddenly opened fire on the Vice President’s convoy before fleeing the scene.
Four persons on the convoy were said to have sustained gunshot wounds , and are in critical condition now at the hospital where they are receiving treatment.
Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a swift reaction , condemned the act in strongest terms while the ruling Peoples Democratic party PDP in the state dissociated itself from the attack.
A statement by Rafiu Ajakaiye the Media Aide to APC governorship candidate, said “We condemn the brazen attack today in Ilorin on the convoy of the Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo by armed PDP thugs, culminating in life-threatening gunshot injuries to at least two of our supporters while many others got seriously injured running for their lives”.
“The Vice President was at Isale Aluko suburb of Ilorin on a door-to-door campaign when some dare-devil gunmen opened fire at his convoy which included thousands of APC members and supporters.”
“In what is a reminiscence of the Offa robbery, this attack is the height of recklessness on the part of these street urchins who have long been empowered and armed by the discredited dynasty to terrorise our community and anyone who has contrary views to their amala politics. ”
“Coming just a day after two of our supporters were killed in Ojoku in the convoy of our senatorial candidate Arc. Lola Ashiru, this is becoming too much and the madness must stop.
” Going into an election with these thugs clearly on the loose is an existential threat not just to all of us challenging the misrule in our state but to the entire people of the state and their properties.
“We call for immediate arrest and prosecution of these thugs. We also demand investigations to reveal those who gave the orders for these deadly attacks. We call for all measures to be taken to ensure safety of lives and properties and sanctity of the ballot box in Kwara and beyond.
“No one’s political interest should be at the expense of human lives and their properties. We insist that a political contest is a contest of ideas and no one must be allowed to cow or kill others in the process.’”
But the PDP in Kwara State denied any involvement of its members and supporters in the attack.
The Kwara PDP in a statement by its State Publicity Secretary, Mr Tunde Ashaolu, said the incident was an intraparty affair involving members of the APC, arising from the endless crisis confronting the party.
Ashaolu explained the Vice-President had earlier visited Agbaji, the ancestral home of the Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, where he went about his activities without any confrontation or crisis.
He added that crisis, however, broke out when Osinbajo got to Alanamu ward of Isale-Aluko, which is the base of two former governorship aspirants of the APC, Lukman Mustapha and Moshood Mustapha, who have been engulfed in superiority war.
The statement added,“It was also gathered that the money released to be shared among party supporters triggered the violence. “Our party has no time for violence as we have been busy preparing for the presidential and national assembly elections coming up on Saturday as well as the governorship and State Assembly elections.”
“Once again, we emphasise that the PDP has no hand in the fracas and we reject any attempt by the APC to link our party to the crisis. We advise them to resolve the lingering crisis in their party.
“We also urge security agencies to thoroughly investigate this matter and not to indiscriminately arrest innocent people who have no connection with this unfortunate incident.”
Meanwhile, the police public relations officer of kwara state police command, Ajayi Okasanmi said he was not aware of the development.
Osinbajo had survived two helicopter crashes, one very recently in Kogi State.
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