APC asks IGP to probe bloody rally in Ogun

The Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has
asked the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to probe the
bloody rally held in Odogbolu last Saturday evening.

The publicity secretary of the party’s caretaker committee in
the state, Tunde Oladunjoye, said this in a statement issued to
journalists in Abeokuta on Sunday.

Oladunjoye said the party, in the strongest possible terms,
condemned the attack on the members and supporters of the APC in
Odogbolu.

He explained that the violence ensued while the members awaited
the arrival of the party’s governorship candidate in the 2019
general elections, Dapo Abiodun, who was on a ward-to-ward tour of
the Odogbolu Local Government Area.

According to Oladunjoye, unknown gunmen opened fire on the
supporters at the venue of the rally, injuring three people,
including a Police officer.

“Having previously and publicly raised the alarm over a planned
attack on our candidate and supporters, we hereby call on the
Inspector-General of Police to quickly set up an independent panel
that will report to the Police headquarters directly, to
investigate not only the attack on the supporters of Prince Dapo
Abiodun, but also the recently escalating political violence in the
once peaceful state.

“We want to assure our teeming supporters all over Ogun State
that our ward-to-ward tour to the nooks and crannies of Ogun State
shall continue, as we will ensure that all that is humanly possible
under the laws of the land, will be done to guarantee the safety of
lives and properties.

“We call on the Police to be alive to their constitutional
responsibilities”.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi,
confirmed the incident.