Ondo shooting: Reps member, Abena in Police net

Posted by admin Headlines, Ondo, State News Saturday, September 22nd, 2012

An Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) chieftain and a member of the House of Representatives (Akure South/Akure North), Ifedayo Abegunde (a.k.a Abena), has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command over his alleged involvement in heavy shootings and maiming of Labour Party (LP) members.

About 12 LP members and passersby were hit during the shootings at Irowo, Arakale, Eyinke, Eleye, Odopetu, Gbangbalogun and Oritagun quarters.They are currently receiving treatment at different hospitals in the state capital.

An impeccable source at the Command who preferred anonymity, said Abegunde, spotting a white guinea attire with a black cap, was whisked away by stern-looking detectives to the Criminal Investigations Department at the State Headquarters, Igbatoro Road, at about 1:05 p.m. yesterday.

Some ACN chieftains including a former Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Wale Akinterinwa were seen around the CID Office making frantic calls and discussing in hushed tones on the matter.

According to the source, the arrest of Abegunde was effected via series of complaints about his alleged sponsorship of political violence in the Federal Constituency especially the latest incident which temporarily shut down one third of Akure for about five hours before normalcy was restored by the Command.

“The Honourable was brought to this office this afternoon to answer some questions over the shooting that scattered the town yesterday and other issues that his Akure people have complained about him especially thuggery.”

Abegunde was said to have been subjected to serious interrogation by crack detectives immediately on arrival at the CID Office and was still being detained as at press time.

Men suspected to be ACN thugs were alleged to have engaged in sporadic shooting in Akure on Thursday and in the process wounded members of the ruling Labour party at about 10:00a.m at Eleye area before it spread to other parts of the city.

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