Tension mounts as thugs attack Ogun Deputy Speaker’s Office

… Destroy four buses, others

 

Deputy Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly (OGHA), Hon. Kunle Oluomo, escaped unhurt on Tuesday morning when dozens of armed gang suspected to be political thugs, invaded his constituency office in Ifo, demanding his whereabouts.

The suspected thugs who were furious for not seeing him after thoroughly ransacking the constituency office located near Ifo market along Lagos – Abeokuta road, vandalized the window panes of campaign office, items and four buses that convey school children to and fro schools within Ifo Local Local Government.

The Nation gathered that Oluomo representing Ifo constituency 1 at OGHA, and who sighted the approaching hoodlums in good time and hurriedly hid himself, escaping them before they surged into the office ransacking and smashing items.

As at 4:pm, tension still pervaded the volatile Ifo town because of the hoodlums even as heavy presence of armed Policemen and soldiers were sighted keeping vigil at the area to forestall a major breakdown of law and order.

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The Nation called the state lawmaker on phone and he confirmed the attack on his office and four buses when the hoodlums could not locate where he hid, but disclosed that the Police has taken him to the Sango Divisional Police Headquarters along with the vandalized buses.

The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said he was not aware of the incident, promising to call back upon inquiry but never did as at 4:54 pm despite reminder calls placed to his mobile line.