The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has said that some yet-to-be-named people are after his life.
The governorship hopeful said this on Sunday, in reaction to the attack that was launched during his campaign at the Epe area of the state on Saturday.
He said, “There have been lots of threats. We have gotten a lot of intel about potential assassination attempts on my life. Yes, it happened in Epe.
“We had Honourable Wale Oluwo with us and we also hand Honourable Najid of the PDP working with us and they were also shot at in Epe yesterday.”
Also, Olawale Oluwo, a former commissioner in the administration of the immediate past Governor of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode, confirmed the attack in a Facebook post on Sunday.
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Oluwo, who collapsed his structure to back Rhodes-Vivour, said they were shot at during the campaign walk of the Labour Party.
He wrote, “This is to thank everyone for achieving a successful outing in Epe today, save for the actions of a few misguided elements, suspected to have been sponsored from the most unexpected quarters, to perpetrate tension and violence.
“Hon Noheem Balogun and I were shot at, point blank, today at Ita-Opo area of Epe while leading a very Campaign procession of the incoming Governor of Lagos State (by the special grace of God), Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour.
“Gbadebo was present, being the overall team lead for the procession. Thank God the bullets missed the targets but my special gratitude goes to my Security Orderly who promptly returned fire to repel the two assailants. A report is being lodged with the Police on the incident. Overall, we were well received by the good people of Epe in their large numbers. Hon Noheem Balogun is the PDP House of Reps Candidate for Epe Federal Constituency who has collapsed his large political st+ructure in Epe into the Labour Party (LP).”
He added that the LP candidate was attacked because he enjoys the support of political gladiators in Epe.