Osun Guber: PDP Member Shoots Self After Adeleke's Victory

Osun Guber: PDP Member Shoots Self After Adeleke's Victory

  • For some Osun residents, the jubilation over Ademola Adeleke's victory in the governorship election went wrong
  • One PDP member, Sunday Akingbala, on Sunday, July 17, ended up at a hospital for shooting himself mistakenly in a feat of exciting
  • Akingbala was said to have been rushed to Seventh Day Adventist Church hospital in Lagere, Ile Ife, and was later taken to Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospital

Ile Ife, Osun - A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sunday Akingbala, on Sunday, July 17, mistakenly shot himself while jubilating over Ademola Adeleke's victory in the Osun governorship election.

The Nation gathered that Akingbala, a resident of Ile-Ife was celebrating Adeleke's win in his house with his friends when the tragic incident happened.

Osun residents celebrating Adeleke's victory
The PDP member mistakenly shot himself while jubilating over Adeleke's victory
Source: UGC

A source told the newspaper that in a feat of over-excitement, Akingbala went into one of his rooms, brought out a gun, and mistakenly shot himself.

The source said:

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“Sunday went into his house to pick his gun, which was loaded. He was attempting to fire a shot to the sky when he shot himself. He is a member of the vigilance group but he claimed that he belongs to Amotekun.
“His friends on the scene took him to a hospital at Lagere area of Ile-Ife for treatment, but he was referred to a hospital I don’t know.”

The injured man was rushed to Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospital as referred by the Seventh Day Adventist Church hospital in Lagere, Ile Ife, where he was first taken.

The field commandant of Amotekun in Osun, Comrade Amitolu Shittu, who confirmed the incident denied that Sunday was a member of the security outfit.

Osun guber: APC bigwigs finally reveal real reasons Oyetola lost to Adeleke

Top members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun state loyal to Rauf Aregbesola, the minister of interior, had revealed why Governor Gboyega Oyetola lost the governorship election.

According to heavyweights in Aregbesola's faction of the Osun APC known as The Osun Progressives (TOP), Oyetola's disagreement with them brought about his defeat in the election.

Those who spoke on this in conversation with journalists were the leader of TOP, Lowo Adebiyi, the chairman, Rasaq Salinsile, and the factional publicity secretary, Abiodun Agboola.

Source: Legit.ng

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Onyirioha Nnamdi Onyirioha Nnamdi is a graduate of Literature and English Language at the University of Lagos. He is a Politics/Current Affairs Editor who writes on news and political topics for Legit.ng. He brings into his reporting a wealth of experience in creative and analytical writing. Nnamdi has a major interest in local and global politics. He has a professional certificate from Reuters and was awarded the editor with the best listicle for 2021. Contact: 08062988054, o.nnamdi@corp.legit.ng