By Richard Akintade, Osogbo
Osun State political crisis has taken a new dimension as stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Biyi Odunlade on Saturday evening escaped assassination attempt.
Our Correspondent gathered that some gunmen stormed the Ile-Ife residence of Odunlade around 8pm, vandalising his house, cars and looted his wife’s shop.
The former state Commissioner for Youth, Sports and Special Needs told newsmen that the suspected assailants who arrived his home about 8:15pm also maltreated his house girl and harassed his wife who immediately locked herself in her room for safety.
Odunlade said, “At about a 8.15 pm this evening (Saturday), some men in two cars, one white Jeep and another car stormed my residence wielding dangerous weapons like guns, matchets, among others. They forced the gate open, shooting sporadically into the air and shouting “where is Biyi Odunlade. I had just stepped out of my residence.
“They harassed my wife who quickly ran into her room and locked herself in. They vandalised my car, broke my windows, looted my wife’s shop and carted away valuables and cash. They maltreated my house girl, Miracle, that was inside the shop and went away with the shop’s bunch of keys.”
It will be recalled that the Chairman of The Osun Progressives (TOP), a caucus of the APC, Reverend Adelowo Adebiyi had alleged that forces in the government and IleriOluwa, a group loyal to Governor Gboyega Oyetola, had hatchet plans to assassinate some members of TOP, especially its leadership.
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