* Minister, Senator, others flee
There was stampede Saturday at the Ake Palace ground in Abeokuta, as armed hoodlums invaded venue of the parallel State congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The congress was being conducted by a group loyal to the former governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun.
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite; Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District, Tolu Odebiyi and the governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in the 2019 election in the State, Adekunle Akinlade, were amongst the dignitaries who were already at the venue before the gunmen arrived.
Injured woman during the attack
Reports say the minister and the senator had barely arrived at the venue in the company of Akinlade and others, and were exchanging pleasantries with party loyalists, when the hoodlums invaded the venue.
The trio, however, escaped unhurt but several others reportedly sustained injuries in the stampede.
The gunmen, who were allegedly led by a transport union chieftain in Ogun State, reportedly alighted from their vehicle and shot their way into the venue of the Congress.
The hoodlums reportedly destroyed several vehicles parked in front of the Palace.
The police could not stop them.
– Media Report