CHAOS IN ILESA: MULTIPLE INJURIES AS GUNMEN ALLEGEDLY ATTACK APC CAMPAIGN RALLY
*ILESA, OSUN STATE* — Tension gripped Ilesa on Saturday morning after gunmen allegedly opened fire during an All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship campaign rally, leaving several people injured. The incident occurred around the *Oke-Omiru area* as APC supporters were marching toward *Isokun* during an early-morning campaign procession. According to eyewitnesses, the rally was ambushed by hoodlums allegedly led by *Hon. Olawale Akerele*, the Chief Whip of the Osun State House of Assembly. A party member, *Segun*, who spoke at the scene, said the attackers first fired shots into the air before turning their guns on members of the campaign team. *“We were having an early-morning rally and were on our way back to the secretariat when we were ambushed by hoodlums led by a lawmaker,”* Segun said. *“They shot into the air to scare us, but when some of us stood our ground, they opened fire directly at the rally. Many of our members were injured.”* He added that some of the vi...
