Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun on Sunday said the attempt on his life by assailants during Saturday’s protest against the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the state was pre-planned.
Oyetola, in a state broadcast on Sunday in Osogbo, said preliminary investigation revealed that the commando-style in which the assailants carried out their attack justified his claim that the act was pre-planned.
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According to him, the attempt on his life could not have been planned by the youths who constitute over 60 percent of the voters who elected him into office.
Oyetola, who noted that he was properly evacuated to safety during the incident, said no life was lost at the scene as no live bullet or canister of teargas was fired at the “rampaging political thugs.”
The governor also said the two lives reportedly lost were not during the attack on him.
According to him, one of the said deaths caused by a lone motorcycle accident occurred at about 12noon, long before he got to the protest ground.
He added that the second death was said to have occurred around Ayepe, about five kilometers away from Olaiya where the protest was held. (NAN)
