APC Ondo Chairman, NDDC Rep Injured as Hoodlums Invade Stakeholders’ Meeting Ahead of Ward Congress

Violence erupted at the Ondo State secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday as suspected hoodlums stormed a stakeholders’ meeting, assaulting the state chairman, Engr. Ade Adetimehin, and several senior party officials. Among those injured were the state’s representative on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) board, Hon. Otito Atikase; former lawmaker, Hon. Success Torhukerhojo; former Deputy Speaker, Hon. Abayomi Akinruntan; former Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government chairman, Hon. Dayo Akinsuroju; and former commissioner, Hon. Saka-Yusuf Ogunleye. The chairman’s driver, Friday Ogbaide, was also reportedly beaten during the attack. The…

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