Five suspect are now in Police custody having been linked to the Attack some hoodlums made on the wife of Osun state governor.
Mrs. Kafayat Oyetola, wife of Osun State governor, was reportedly attacked by suspected hoodlums Friday evening alongside her convoys.
Though information about the incident was still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, sources in Owode, Ede, where the incident occurred said the convoy of Mrs Oyetola was heading to Osogbo and was around Owode market when intermittent gunshots were heard around 8:pm on Friday.
A resident of the area, who preferred to be simply identified as Alayande, told our correspondent on Saturday that a truck had created obstruction of traffic when the convoy arrived Owode market junction.
“It was while trying to make the truck driver to move that altercation ensued between security men attached to the convoy.
“I heard several gunshots where I stood near the junction. It was dark but there was altercation between security men and some people suspected to be hoodlums,” he said.
Osun police command spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, has not responded to text message sent to her on the matter as of the time of filing this report.
But Information Officer to the office of the First Lady, Oluwatunmise Iluyomade, said the convoy was attacked.
She said “No life was lost in the incident. Some security personnel attached to the convoy sustained various degrees of injuries
Meanwhile, the Police Command in Osun, on Saturday confirmed that the convoy of Mrs Kafayat Oyetola, wife of Osun Governor, was attacked by hoodlums on Friday at Owode in Ede.
In a statement by Osun Police Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, one security personnel on the convoy was injured.
He added that five suspects were arrested by the police in connection with the attack.
“On Friday, at about 8:30p.m, the police received credible information that, at Owode, Ede Market expressway, some hoodlums were attacking the convoy of the wife of Osun Governor.
“The Divisional Police Officer ‘A’ Division, Ede, promptly mobilised and led detectives to the scene where the team met CSP Dauda Ismail, the Chief Security Officer to Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun.
“CSP Ismail briefed the team that one Omolola Opeyemi, a driver from Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, drove an unregistered truck and blocked the movement of Oyetola.
“As a result of the traffic blockage, some hoodlums took advantage and started stoning the convoy of the governor’s wife, thereby, wounding the truck driver on his forehead and also injuring a DSS personnel.
“However, five suspects were arrested from the scene and investigation is in progress.
“Further development will be communicated later.” Opalola said.
