The Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola was on Saturday, pelted with stones and clubs by thugs who were in support of the #ENDSARS protests.
He narrowly escaped being physically shoved and lynched as he made to address the protesting youths in Osogbo.
Some of the vehicles in his convoy were however, destroyed by the thugs while the Governor was hurriedly evacuated to safety.
The rain of stones on his convoy continued even as it rushed away from the scene.
The attack on Governor Oyetola has been confirmed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mabel Aderonke.
According to her:
Mabel Aderonke@MabelAderonkeN·#EndSARS “There was a scary attempt on Governor Adegboyega Oyetola’s life by armed thugs on Saturday in Osogbo. MThese are photos and video“
There are reports that the attack on the Governor may have been triggered by a Police officer in his security team who shot and killed one of the protesters.
The information is also confirmed by Singer Davido, an Osun State indigene in his Twitter handle:
Davido insists that Oyetola fishes out the erring culprit by all means:
Davido@davido· “I kuku leave u before !! I’m back !!!! @GboyegaOyetola u must report that officer of yours to the station ASAP!!! #EndPoliceBrutality“
Tweets of the incident by Osun State Governor’ SSA on Media:
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