Mustapha was allegedly attacked
by political thugs suspected to be working for the Special Adviser to the
Governor of Lagos on Food Security, Ganiu Okanlawon and a member of Lagos state
House of Assembly, Hon. Bayo Oshinowo, and matcheted him severally on the head.
Eyewitnesses informed our
reporter that the assailants, numbering two to five people, swooped on him and
allegedly inflicted deep machete cuts on his heads and other parts of his body.
Some of his supporters who were with him also suffered various degrees of
injuries.
It was gathered that the attack
on Mustapha occurred at Adebayo Mokuolu Street, Anthony Village, in Kosofe
Local Govt. Area of the state.
It was learnt that Mustapha who
was also a former Councillor in Kosofe LG, Lagos, was initially rushed to two
nearby hospitals but was rejected and later taken to the Life Fountain
hospital. The victim was stitched at several places on the head.
We learnt the political thugs
led by one Akeem Oshijinrin and Dayo Lawal, were allegedly given coverage by
the Area commander of the Area H Command, Ogudu and his men, who were present
at the scene of incident.
Our correspondent learnt that the
suspected thugs chased Mustapha to a place where he could no longer escape and the
thugs started macheting him severally. It took the intervention of passersby
who carried his lifeless body to the hospital.
It was also alleged that the
Area Commander who was on ground to provide security for the political party (APC)
for the primary election to chose the candidate for the House of Representative
in Kosofe provided shield for the thugs who eventually escaped.
It was gathered that while
Mustapha was being attended to; some of the thugs came back to finish their
un-done business. It was at this point that one of them named Nokia was caught
while trying to escape on okada. He eventually escaped but he left his bag
which contained machetes and local guns.
It will be recalled that violence
and pandemonium broke out in parts of Kosofe Federal constituency of Lagos
State during the primary election into the House of Representative on Thursday
morning.
Hoodlums stormed some polling
units across the constituency to unleash mayhem on voters, chasing them out of
the voting area with machetes and guns.
A former House of Rep member
Dayo Bush Alebiosu and the incumbent, Rotimi Agunsoye are the two contenders in
the primary election for the House of Representative in Abuja.
The mayhem occurred majorly at
Ward F in Ikosi-Isheri where political thugs said to be loyal to Hon. Bayo
Oshinowo, popularly known as Pepper scared voters by displaying dangerous
weapons before chasing them away from the polling points.
Oshinowo is contesting the
Lagos East senatorial ticket with Senator Gbenga Ashafa, but reports have it
that he has been disqualified from participating in the elections by the
screening committee from Abuja leaving only the incumbent in the race.
A party member present said, “It
was however disturbing to most of the voters present who saw him displayed his support
to the Hausa thugs from Mile 12 disrupting the exercise with dangerous weapons.
People had to scamper to safety to avoid been caught in the violence.”
It was also reported that the
election which was initially scheduled for a particular place had to be taken
to another place on Ekiti Street, that is said to be the stronghold of one of
the contestants for the House of Representative, Rotimi Agunsoye.
One of the voters named Monsuru
Adebiyi who spoke to our reporter lamented how fully-loaded buses, about 17 of
them, brought thugs who are majorly from the northern extraction to the
particular ward, disallowing anyone who displayed their sign to go in and vote.
Adebiyi said, “We were told that
Pepper has been disqualified, but we were alarmed to see how thugs here are
shouting his name telling anyone who cared to listen that it’s either him
(Pepper) or nobody. In fact the thugs at a point over-powered the security
agents on ground.”
Our correspondent gathered that
same scenario played out in a particular voting area in Anthony and Agboyi Ketu
where one of the voters was macheted before security agents were brought-in to
rescue him from been hacked to death.
There was also a general report
of no accreditation and voting in most of the polling centres across the
constituency.
