By Ogochukwu Isioma
The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has alleged assassination attempt on his life on Wednesday morning at the Eid prayer ground in Osogbo, which he said prompted him to leave the venue without observing the Eid-el-Kabir prayers.
Trouble started after former Senate spokesperson, Ajibola Basiru, reportedly refused to vacate the front row seat reserved for the Governor at the prayer ground and hoodlums tried to take advantage of the situation which forced Adeleke to leave immediately.
In a statement on Wednesday by spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the State Government condemned what he described as the orchestrated attacks on the Governor by stalwarts of the All Progressives Congress at the praying ground.
The statement reads in part, “The government particularly notes with shock and surprise the role played by former Senator Ajibola Bashiru who took over the space reserved for the Governor at the prayer ground. All efforts to get the former Senator to vacate the space proved abortive.
“PDP members who agitated for respect for the office of the Governor were beaten up. It was a scene of chaos by the time the Governor arrived for the prayer.
“The government was even more shocked that thugs armed to the teeth were spotted all over the praying ground with security information that they were imported to eliminate the Governor and key government functionaries.
“The Governor who arrived at the venue hoping to observe the Eid prayers was practically surrounded by armed thugs, prompting security men to ferry the Governor into his jeep.”
The statement note that the Governor attempted to enter the praying field but the encirclement by armed thugs was already visible adding that it was at that point that the Governor had to leave the praying ground.
