Osun 2014: Suspected political thugs clash at APC campaign

The re-election campaign of Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State was almost marred by violence in Iwo, on Tuesday, when some suspected political thugs engaged themselves in free-for- all under the precinct of Iwo/Olaoluwa/Ayedire Federal Constituency. Some fierce-looking thugs were alleged to have attacked the bus belonging to the leader of market women in the state, Alhaja Awawu Asindemade and vandalised it at a spot near the venue of the campaign. But, some unidentified youths in an alleged reprisal attack, swiftly mobilised themselves and traced the leader of the gang that carried out the attack to his house and violently attacked him, just as several youths brandishing dangerous weapons were also spotted combing the neighborhood where the rally was held. However, the Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO), Osun State police command, DSP Folasade Odoro, said she was yet to be briefed about the development. While addressing the huge crowd that thronged the venue of the rally at Iwo, the standard- bearer of the APC in the August 9, 2014 governorship poll, Mr Aregbesola, said with the kind of massive support the APC was currently enjoying in the state, the party was close to victory at the election.