Suspected armed thugs on Thursday attacked the campaign office of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in Osogbo.<\/p>\n
\nA source who visited the building, popularly known as \u201cOranmiyan House\u201d, located along ever busy Gbongan-Ibadan road in Osogbo, told our reporter that empty bullet shells were seen on the floor.<\/p>\n
The wall of the building was also riddled with bullets, while some canopies arranged within the premises were half way burnt.<\/p>\n
It was learnt that the suspected thugs, armed with pump action guns, arrived at the building at about 5:30 p.m. and shot sporadically.<\/p>\n
The shooting was said to have caused\u00a0 pandemonium around the ever-busy\u00a0 area, where the building is located.<\/p>\n
Road side sellers as well as passers-by were said to have run away in different directions during the shooting spree, which lasted more than 15 minutes.<\/p>\n
According to an eyewitness, the suspected thugs were five in number.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was standing at the front of the building when they approached and asked everyone to leave and thereafter started shooting at the building.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey shattered the windows, the transformer in front of the building and the bullets that passed through the canopies set them on fire,\u201d an eyewitness, who preferred anonymity, said.<\/p>\n
It was learnt that one of the thugs was arrested by the police.<\/p>\n
However, efforts to get the reactions of the Police Public Relation Officers, DSP Yemisi Opalola, proved abortive as calls made to her mobile line were not answered and text messages sent were not responded to.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the state government has condemned the attack on the building.<\/p>\n
A statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, said the\u00a0 Commissioner of Police had been charged to fish out the perpetrators of the attack and bring them before the law.<\/p>\n
Egbemode also warned parents and guardians to be more vigilant with their children and wards, to forestall occasions where they become instruments in the hands of trouble makers.<\/p>\n
The commissioner also dissociated the government from any involvement in the attack, saying that it was wicked for anyone to attribute such mischief to a government that had invested heavily in peace in the state.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe accusation that the government of Mr Adegboyega Oyetola had anything to do with Thursday\u2019s attack on the Oranmiyan House is sad and laughable.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt defies reasoning that a man who has invested so much in the peace of Osun in the last three years will descend that low.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis government is united, it has all its ducks in a row.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe party is also united and its status and activities have been ratified by the national secretariat.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are no reasons to join issues with anyone, let alone engaging in violent act.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who are grabbing at straws to stay afloat, especially because their rebels\u2019 den has fallen like a pack of cards, should try to fix their fortunes instead of blaming everybody, but themselves, for what has happened to them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis government is about making Osun better and about building structures that even the unborn generation can inherit.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will not fold its hands while those who have neither focus nor interest in the development of the state, and in building an enduring legacy, try to rubbish what this administration has achieved through the help of God and the support of the good people of Osun.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government of Osun State condemns Thursday\u2019s attack on Oranmiyan House, because it is nothing close to what we represent as a people.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose involved in the attack on Oranmiyan House will be fished out and be made to face the full wrath of the law.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe governor has charged the Commissioner of Police to fish out the perpetrators of the attack, and charge them to court immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis administration will not quit its drive to rid the state of the few criminal elements that are causing troubles around.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government warns that this is a political season and as we approach the primaries and eventual election, parents and guardians are advised to keep an eye on their wards because nobody caught in any act of criminality will be spared,\u201d she said.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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