Hoodlums Attack Man For Pasting Political Posters In Lagos
Some hoodlums have attacked a man, Mr. Disu Omobolaji, in the Ipaja Ayobo area of
Lagos State for pasting campaign posters by the roadside. PUNCH Metro learnt that Omobolaji, who
worked as a photographer, was attacked
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| Mr. Disu Omobolaji, in receiving treatmen |
along with two other persons while they
were pasting the campaign posters around
the Post Office bus stop on Ipaja Ayobo
Road.
It was learnt that while the two other men
escaped from the hoodlums, Omobolaji was
unlucky as the miscreants hacked him with
axes and cutlasses.
Our correspondent gathered that the attack
occurred on Tuesday, February 3, at about
7.30pm.
It was learnt that Omobolaji, who sustained injuries, immediately went to the IpajaPolice Division to report the incident before
going to a private hospital in the area for treatment.
When PUNCH Metro visited the hospital on Monday, Omobolaji, who said he was the financial secretary of the youth wing of the All Progressives Congress in the Ayobo Ipaja Local Council Development Area, told our correspondent that his attackers had the intention of killing him. He added that the hoodlums also carted away the posters and removed the ones that had been pasted.
He said, "I and two other APC youth members in our area were at the bus stop to paste some posters. The posters were of the party's governorship candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode. As we embarked on the task, the hoodlums appeared and pounced on us. "While the others fled, I tried to find out what the thugs wanted. They did not say anything, but started to hit me with axes and cutlasses. I managed to escape after sustaining injuries."I had gone to report at the police station and I hope the police would apprehend the hoodlums." Another victim of the attack in the area, Mrs. Bisi Makanjuola, showed our correspondent her damaged vehicle, urgingthe police to curtail the activities of the miscreants.
She said, "These hoodlums are not really members of any party. They are jobless and walk around with weapons waiting to be hired by any politician or party to foment trouble. "My vehicle was actually shot at several times, but I managed to escape. "I cannot take the vehicle home so that they will not trace me with it." The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, said, he wouldget back to our correspondent. He,
however, had not called back as of press
time.
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