Bamidele, 3 Others Shot, As Fayemi Begins Electioneering Campaign
Four persons, including a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress(APC) , Hon Opeyemi Bamidele were Friday shot by a police officer, as the governorship candidate of the party in Ekiti state, Dr Kayode Fayemi commenced his electioneering campaign the July 14 governorship election .
Party supporters and admirers who came in their numbers had accompanied the former minister from Akure, Ondo State capital to Ikere Ekiti and were joined by their colleagues from the 16 local government areas of the state, in Ado Ekiti before it things turned awry .
Fayemi who came from Akure with Ondo State Governor, Barrister Rotimi Akeredolu , his deputy and former Minister of Works, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye , in the long convoy of vehicles , was descending the staircase of the APC Secretariat in Ajilosun area when the incident occurred.
The policeman was said to have misfired the gunshot that hit Bamidele in the stomach and the other person in the chest as he was trying to protect the dignitaries from being mobbed by those who were trying to extort money from them.
Some of the supporters, it was learnt, struggled with the policeman before he lost control, resulting in the accidental discharge.
Bamidele and other victims were hurriedly rushed to the hospital while one of the victim fell on the ground with the suspicion that he must have died.
The policeman was immediately disarmed and seriously beaten by angry party men before being rescued and taken to a safe custody as people had to scamper for safety in different directions to prevent being hit by bullets.
The rally, which caused serious traffic snarl along Ado –Akure road saw Akeredolu and Fayemi addressing party members in turns before the crisis.
The policeman was immediately disarmed and seriously beaten by angry party men before being rescued and taken to a safe custody as people had to scamper for safety in different directions to prevent being hit by bullets.
The rally, which caused serious traffic snarl along Ado –Akure road saw Akeredolu and Fayemi addressing party members in turns before the crisis.
Fayemi said he had come home to rescue Ekiti from the pangs of poverty and wanton neglect caused by the PDP administration.
Akeredolu praised party members for not allowing the post primary crisis to cause disaffection in the party, saying with the crowd he saw today that Ekiti remains
the stronghold of the APC.
“Fayemi has returned with full force to reclaim the land. He needs your support and this task shall be achieved in the mighty name of
God”, he prayed.
Fayemi said: “We are here to work for Ekiti and our party leaders and this we are going to do together because it is a collective responsibility.
Akeredolu praised party members for not allowing the post primary crisis to cause disaffection in the party, saying with the crowd he saw today that Ekiti remains
the stronghold of the APC.
“Fayemi has returned with full force to reclaim the land. He needs your support and this task shall be achieved in the mighty name of
God”, he prayed.
Fayemi said: “We are here to work for Ekiti and our party leaders and this we are going to do together because it is a collective responsibility.
“We are going to work with everybody, including those who just decamped to our party, because we are one big family in APC.
“We shall win by the grace of God. Our case was like the case of a ram
who moved backward to garner more strength. We are here to rescue Ekiti and it is a task we must achieve”.
In his remarks Adeyeye said: “I have returned home and my mission is to ensure that we killed Fayose politically by burying him.
“We shall mobilize well to achieve this task and by the grace of God ,
this is a must-win and must accomplished task for all of us”, he
added.
Fayemi deputy governorship candidate, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi was also in the entourage, among other stalwarts of APC .
“We shall win by the grace of God. Our case was like the case of a ram
who moved backward to garner more strength. We are here to rescue Ekiti and it is a task we must achieve”.
In his remarks Adeyeye said: “I have returned home and my mission is to ensure that we killed Fayose politically by burying him.
“We shall mobilize well to achieve this task and by the grace of God ,
this is a must-win and must accomplished task for all of us”, he
added.
Fayemi deputy governorship candidate, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi was also in the entourage, among other stalwarts of APC .
