APC thugs attacked me with weapons in courtroom –Showunmi

A former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP), Segun Showunmi, has narrated how he was attacked on Monday on the sitting of the Ogun State election petition tribunal in Abeokuta.

Mr Showunmi blamed the assault on thugs he related to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) within the state.

The PDP chieftain narrated his expertise at a press convention later.

He defined that he was in courtroom in solidarity along with his occasion and its governorship candidate, Ladi Adebutu, on the first listening to of their petition difficult the reelection of Governor Dapo Abiodun of the APC.

“I alighted at an affordable distance from the courthouse as a result of I knew that parking can be an issue, and I proceeded to stroll. As I moved in the direction of the atmosphere, I had seen some kind of horrible characters that in a good society, they need to be in jail, milling round and driving far and wide. A few of them are pretty recognized operators who mess around their parks and garages.

“I approached the courtroom gate, and it was locked and. I realised that there was no room within the courtroom anymore, and I merely turned again. As I made to go away, a horde of murderers descended on me, bringing out cudgels and whips; they introduced out weapons, they usually have been typically misbehaving. Fortunately, a safety car was not too far of, and I entered the safety car to make my method to go away,” Mr Sowunmi narrated.

The politician mentioned he couldn’t recollect any time within the historical past of Ogun State the place “brigandage, misbehaviour, thuggery, criminality, marauders and murderers” have been elevated to that degree.

He referred to as on President Bola Tinubu to test thuggery within the state, stressing that, “not even underneath Muhammadu Buhari has brigandage been tolerated to the extent that we’re starting to see it now.”

Mr Showunmi, one in every of Atiku Abubakar’s spokespersons within the 2019 election, accused the police on the courtroom of “standing by helpless as if they didn’t perceive that they’ve the duty to maintain the peace.

“I stored asking myself, how might they’ve been watching APC thugs maintain weapons and sticks?

“I used to be asking myself, when did Ogun State grow to be a spot the place thugs are despatched for the opening day of a tribunal? How does it grow to be modern so that you can mobilise miscreants to the tribunal?”

Relocate tribunal to Abuja

Mr Showunmi urged the Courtroom of Attraction to relocate the tribunal to Abuja to keep away from additional assaults on PDP members.

“Our place is that, the President of the Courtroom of Attraction, in his knowledge, ought to please relocate the Ogun State election tribunal from Abeokuta as a result of it’s not secure in order that we are able to go and have that tribunal within the peaceable ambiance of Abuja and all people can have the case adjudicated, and we are able to cope with the end result of the courtroom circumstances.

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“We’ve got been placing in a variety of work to beg our individuals to not resort to reprisal.

“A few of my followers are in hospital as we converse attending to their accidents. Fortunately, I used to be in a position to get away from the place, however it was not with out its personal scars.”

The brand new police spokesperson within the state, Omolola Odutola, was not accessible for feedback on the event.

Miss Odutola changed Abimbola Oyeyemi final week however has not formally resumed obligation.

Our reporter referred to as her quantity a number of instances, however it didn’t join.

The Publicity Secretary of the APC within the state, Tunde Oladunjoye, additionally didn’t decide up calls to his quantity or reply to a textual content message.