<p>Just as it happened in Kogi, the popularity of Social Democratic Party, SDP,  ;with its corresponding bright chances of winning majority of Local Government Councils in the April 18, 2020  ;Council poll in Ondo State, has created fresh windows of attacks on members and candidates. The latest of this is the Chairmanship Candidate in Akure South Local Government, Mr. Gbenga Fasua  ;who has disclosed how  ;he was attacked by gunmen ahead of the upcoming local government elections.</p>



<p>Fasua, while addressing
journalists in Akure, Ondo State, on Sunday, said that the attackers destroyed
some of his property, including campaign vehicles, doors, windows and
television set in his house. He alleged that the incident happened around 11:45
p.m. after he featured in a political programme titled “Oselu” on Ondo State
Radio Corporation (OSRC).</p>



<p>The SDP candidate said
that armed men, numbering about five, scaled the fence into his house located
behind Golden Filling Station in Irese, Akure. He added that immediately the
attackers entered the compound, they “shot sporadically” and asked his wife
about his whereabouts.</p>



<p>According to him, the
gunmen seized his ATM cards, mobile phones, car keys and ransacked the compound
looking for him. He ;said that the gunmen left at about 1:12 a.m. with one
of his vehicles which was later abandoned at Ijare, a nearby community.</p>



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<p>He said; “When they saw my
wife, they asked after me and she said I was not at home, but they told her
they saw me from outside before gaining entrance, but at that time I was
already hiding somewhere in the house.</p>



<p>“After 35 minutes of a
serious searching for me, they requested for all ATM cards and destroyed many
of my properties. They left with the salon Benz car around 1:12 a.m. which was
abandoned at Ijare, a nearby community.</p>



<p>“I  ;came out from
where I was hiding at about 1.35 a.m., went to Ijapo Police Station and
reported the matter. The patrol team came to my home at about 2:00 a.m., saw
the broken burglary doors and expended bullet pellets.</p>



<p>“When l heard that the
vehicle was abandoned at Ijare, l went back to Ijapo Police Station and
reported the development to the DPO.</p>



<p>“The DPO called the
Commissioner of Police, Mr. Undie Adie, who directed him to provide two
officers and special patrol around my house,” he said.</p>



<p>Fasua, who attributed the
attack to his political ambition, appealed to security agencies to ensure
adequate protection for all candidates in the forthcoming local government
elections in the state.</p>



<p>Confirming the incident, the Ondo State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Tee-Leo Ikoro, said that investigation is ongoing to apprehend those involved in the crime.</p>



<p>“Investigation is ongoing
and certainly the command shall round up those involved in the crime,” Ikoro
said.</p>



<p>The last council poll was
held on April 16, 2016 when the then ruling party, the Peoples Democratic
Party, won all the chairmanship seats in the 18 local government areas of the
state.</p>



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