The Gunmen reportedly attacked Mrs Oyetola’s convoy on Friday evening around Owode, in the Ede area of the state, on her way back to the state capital
By Kehinde Okeowo
The motorcade of the wife of Osun State governor, Kafayat Oyetola, was reportedly attacked on Friday evening around Owode, in the Ede area of the state.
According to The Punch, the First Lady was heading to Osogbo, the state’s capital when intermittent gunshots were heard around Owode market.
The report also quoted Oluwatunmise Iluyomade, an information officer in the first lady’s office, as confirming the development.
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According to Iluyomade, no life was lost in the incident but some people in Mrs Oyetola’s detail sustained varying degrees of injuries.
She said, “No life was lost in the incident,” the information officer reportedly said.
“Some security personnel attached to the convoy sustained various degrees of injuries.”
A resident of the area identified as Alayande, also told newsmen that a truck had created obstruction of traffic when the convoy arrived at Owode market junction and an altercation resulted between the First Lady’s security detail and some gunmen suspected to be hoodlums.
“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, is yet to comment on the incident.
