Attackers almost lynched the minister of police affairs, Alhaji Abdul Jelili Adesiyan, last night in Gbongan, Ayedaade local government area of Osun state.
According to a Vanguard report, Jelili and his campaign train were attacked when they arrived in Gbongan for the continuation of his house-to-house campaign for the re-election of President Good luck Jonathan.
Ten members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign were reportedly injured severely.
The police minister said: “As I was coming from Orile-Owu to Gbongan in Ayedaade Local Government, in continuation of my house to house campaign for the re-election of Mr. President, members of our party were brutalised by the thugs in Gbongan. As I was pleading to our party members to be law abiding and allow law to take its due course, my immediate younger brother’s wife who is on our campaign train was matcheted and she is in the hospital as I speak now.
“The thugs blocked the road and they insisted that they won’t allow me to pass and they were shooting sporadically before my security personnel chased them away........Read more »http://mcebisco..com/2015/03/2015-drama-as-thugs-almost-lynch-police.html