The
candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Ekiti State
governorship election, Kayode Fayemi, on Friday, narrowly escaped being
killed by an unknown gunman, his party has said.
The former governor was being
received by party men at the APC secretariat in Ado Ekiti, the state capital.
Mr Fayemi had arrived at the Akure
airport in the afternoon and was driven to Ado Ekiti in company of the Ondo
State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, and other top leaders of the party in
the state.
The party organised a reception
for him following his resignation from the federal cabinet and in readiness for
the governorship campaigns ahead of the July 14election.
A spokesperson for the APC in the
state, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said that on getting to the party
secretariat, a gunman raised his weapon, aimed at Mr Fayemi, and pulled the
trigger, but missed him.
A former member of the House of
Representatives and governorship aspirant, Opeyemi Bamidele and another leader
of the party were not so lucky, as they were hit by bullets.
Mr Akeredolu was also said to have
escaped death too as he was beside the governorship candidate.
“The gunman was standing in front
of JKF (Fayemi) and shot at him, but he missed him, but shot other persons
standing near the APC candidate,” spokesman for the party in the state, Mr
Olatunbosun, disclosed to PREMIUM TIMES.
“MOB (Bamidele) is currently in
the intensive care unit of a hospital right now, and another member of the
party. They are receiving treatment from the bullet wounds.”
Source: Premium Times
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