Ondo LG Elections: Gunmen Attack SDP Chairmanship Candidate

Mr Gbenga Fasua, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Chairmanship Candidate in Akure South Local Government in the upcoming local government elections, has alleged that he was attacked by gunmen on Friday.
Fasua, in a chat with journalists in Akure, Ondo Sate, yesterday, said that the attackers destroyed some of his property including campaign vehicles, doors, windows and television set in his house.
Our source reports that the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) has scheduled local government elections for April 18.
Fasua 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).
He said that armed men, numbering about five, scaled the fence into his house located behind Golden Filling Station in Irese, Akure.
Fasua said immediately the attackers entered the compound, they “shot sporadically” and asked his wife about his whereabout.
According to him, the gunmen seized his ATM cards, mobile phones, car keys and ransacked the compound looking for him.
The SDP candidate 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.