The campaign office of Governor Kayode Fayemi and the All
Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state
capital, has been burnt by rampaging thugs on Friday.
The thugs
believed to be loyalists of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and
National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) charged around
Ado-Ekiti unleashing violence on residents and properties.
According
to PREMIUM TIMES, The spokesperson for the Ekiti State command of the
police, Olu Babayemi, confirmed the incident, stating that the command
had sent officers to the streets to contain the situation.
“There
was a protest in town but the police have moved in. For now, we are
trying to restore normalcy and ensure lives and property are secured.”
Babayemi confirmed that the APC secretariat and Mr. Fayemi’s campaign office had been vandalised and torched.
It
would be recalled that the former chairman of the National Union of
Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Ekiti state, Mr. Omolafe Aderiye was
shot dead on Thursday night. He was killed by unknown gunmen at Ijigbo
area in Ado Ekiti.
Aderiye was on his way home when the gunmen
numbering about four accosted and shot him at close range. Aderiye, a
staunch supporter of governor-elect, Ayodele Fayose was part of the
thugs that Fayose took to court to attack a state high court judge on
Thursday morning.
The alleged thugs attacked Justice John Adeyeye,
beating him up and ripping his clothes for being allegedly rude to
Fayose. Fayose, first slapped the judge and then ordered his thugs to
beat him further.
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