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‘Okitipupa arson political, premeditated’

By Adekola Afolabi

The Ife Oyedele Campaign Organisation (IOCO), has said the recent arson, looting and mayhem unleashed on Okitipupa, headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State by hoodlums who hijacked the #EndSARS protest, was premeditated, political and specifically targeted at the All Progressives Congress (APC), and its top leaders in the town.
IOCO in a statement by the State Co-ordinator, Dr Olusegun Ayodele and its leader in the local government, Chief Ayo Okunnuga after a review of the incident, noted that its principal, Ife Oyedele, an aspirant in the recently conducted governorship election in the state and a front line campaigner for the re-election of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), was the main target of the mayhem shown by the mindless looting of his property and arson attack on his house in the town.
Rising from its first meeting after the dastardly act where it reviewed the incident, IOCO particularly thanked Governor Akeredolu for his prompt visit during which he inspected all public and private property and facilities destroyed and looted by the rioters, among which were the Council Secretariat, the Police Station and the Correctional facility where scores of inmates were freed.
Hitting the nail on the head, IOCO said, “We are persuaded that these attacks were not only well-scripted and well-rehearsed but also politically inspired and intended to inflict maximum physical, psychological and economic trauma on the targeted private individuals who are mainly of the All Progressives Congress (APC) stock by those who obviously are still wallowing in the hangover of the just concluded gubernatorial elections in the state.
“We condemned in the strongest possible terms the unwholesome violence and mayhem hitherto unseen in the annals of Okitipupa Local Government particularly Okitipupa Community in which looting, arson and robbery were perpetrated against hapless private citizens and government properties.
“We also frowned at and condemned in totality the selectiveness of these vicious attacks which were visited mainly on leaders of the All Progressives Congress and their properties particularly our principal Engr. IfeOluwa Oyedele whose house was vandalized, properties looted and burnt. The wantonness of the mayhem is mind boggling.
“We sympathize with the good and peace-loving people of Okitipupa Local Government particularly Idepe-Okitipupa Community, Ministries, Departments and Agencies and private individuals including our principal Engr. Ife-Oluwa Oyedele who suffered monumental losses while the violence and mayhem lasted. Indeed, these are very trying times for everyone.
“Our sincere appreciation goes to our amiable Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, who not only commiserated with the entire Okitipupa Local Government but also took time out of his busy schedules to visit Okitipupa to access firsthand the extent of destruction and damages.
“We members of Ife Oyedele Campaign Organization across Ondo State are solidarizing and praying along with our principal Engr. Ife-Oluwa Oyedele. Our thoughts are with him in this very trying time and it’s our sincere prayers that God will continue to comfort him and speedily heal our land.”

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