Shooting At APC Senatorial Candidate's Office

Thugs believed to be sympathetic to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday attacked the campaign office of the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Lagos West, Solomon Adeola, popularly known as Yayi.

The thugs, who stormed the office at No 32, Adeniyi Jones Ikeja about 7:15pm, reportedly fired shots into the office and damaged property.

The bullets, according to the Media Adviser to Adeola, Chief Kayode Odunaro, in a statement, damaged the rear windscreen of the candidate’s Toyota Land Cruiser, reports the NATION.

He said the pellets also "damaged the exterior of the office room of Adeola's office."

Odunaro alleged that the PDP's senatorial candidate for Lagos West, Segun Adewale, personally led the thugs and some policemen on the attack.

"The attack today is a brazen assassination attempt as both the vehicle and personal office of Adeola were hit by bullets fired by PDP aspirant who came in his branded campaign vehicle to carry out the attack", Odunaro further alleged. When contacted, Adewale denied neither he nor his supporters carried out the attack.

He said: "What happened was that I was driving by Yayi's office and stopped at the gate to lodge a complaint to Yayi through the mobile policemen on duty.

"How can I go to someone's office and be shooting? For what?"

Adewale accused Adeola’s supporters of destroying his billboards and posters, vowing to retaliate such moves.

"Henceforth, it is tit-for-tat. If they destroy one car or billboard, I will destroy one thousand. Please quote me. He has his billboards everywhere; no one is destroying them.

"Why should mine be different? I don't fear him. I only respect Governor Fashola, who has appealed to me to maintain the peace.

"Recently one of my campaign vehicles was destroyed. The car is still at Area M police command. I have lodged a complaint with the Police and SSS.

"Yayi should call his people to order."