Hours after defecting to the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), a former chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, Alhaji Adebisi Olopoeyan, has been attacked in his Barosun residence in Ibadan, the state capital.
Olopoeyan, who joined NNPP on Monday, was immediately named the South West leader of the party.
According to reports, hours after joining the party, his residence was attacked around 3pm today, in which many people were severely injured.
Sources said that one of the attackers has been arrested and handed over to the police.
The state police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, has also confirmed the attack in a statement, saying it was not a robbery case, but a fracas between two political groups.
He said that preliminary findings revealed that it was a case of rival political groups and associates.
Osifeso added that the case has been handled by operatives of the command.
He said, “The Oyo State Police Command wishes to dispel rumours making the round about the occurrence of a Robbery incident along Iwo-Road Axis, Ibadan North-East local government area around 1500hrs as completely mischievous and a fictitious imagination of peddlers of fake news.
“Preliminary findings revealed that there was a fracas among rival political groups and associates which was swiftly and professionally handled by operatives of the Command both stationary and on convoy Patrol along the axis.
“The Commissioner of Police, while appealing to all and sundry seeks a more productive collaboration with the citizenry in the areas of providing credible and timely information void of bias, sentiment and unverified news items capable of truncating the relative tranquility presently being enjoyed in the state.”
