Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, was on Monday, attacked by some suspected thugs who attacked his convoy during a road show he conducted in Osogbo, capital of Osun State.
The gun-wielding hoodlums, suspected to be political thugs, was said to have waylaid his convoy and started shooting in a bid to scare away the former governor of the state and members of his entourage.
Aregbesola suffered the attack few hours after he openly declared that the former Secretary to the State Government, Moshood Adeoti, is the next governor of the state
Pandemonium broke when Aregbesola got to Orisunbare market, close to Old-Garage when sounds of gunshots rented the air.
Jubilant residents who were following him scampered for safety to escape being hit by stray bullet.
A team of combined security operatives from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Immigration Service and Department of State Security, who were among Aregbesola’s convoy, stepped down from the vehicles and started shooting in a bid to scare away the armed thugs.
Reacting to this development, the state government, in a statement released by the commissioner of information and civic orientation, Funke Egbemode described the attack as ochestrated by some misguided cowards who have invaded the state.
She warned that there would be no sacred cow, as the security agencies have been briefed on the the development
