One killed, many injured as PDP, ACN clash in Ekiti •They attacked themselves – ACN

Tension has enveloped Erijiyan in Ekiti West Local Government Area of Ekiti State following the shooting to death of a man said to be a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the community, Mr Ayodele Jeje, by people alleged to be Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) thugs on Saturday night.
It was also gathered that the mother of another member of the party in the community, Mr Segun Adewumi, as well as Adewumi’s younger brother were also shot and injured in the attack and that they are now receiving treatment in undisclosed hospital in the state capital.
But the ACN said it had nothing to do with the incident, saying it was a case of a group in the state chapter of PDP attacking another.
Ekiti State chapter of the PDP claimed in a statement by its chairman, Mr Makanjuola Ogundipe, that Jeje, Adewumi and others were attacked where they were meeting to fine-tune their preparation “for a programme where Mr Segun Adewumi wants to lead over 1,000 members of ACN to PDP.”
Ogundipe, in the statement signed on his behalf by Femi Omolusi, said “many were injured and cars were damaged,” with sources saying a leader of the PDP in the state, Senator Clement Awoyelu was not spared as his cars were vandalised in the attack.
The Ekiti PDP chairman called on the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, to intervene and also urged the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Sotonye Wakama, to bring the perpetrators to book.
But the ACN in reaction denied that its members attacked the PDP members, saying it was rather a clash between members of two factions in the PDP in the area.
Denying the incident, the chairman of ACN in Ekiti State, Chief Olajide Awe, who hails from the community said it had nothing to do with his party, claiming that the build up to the crisis had started since Thursday when some PDP members, who belong to a former governor’s group clashed with members of another group in the party over a planned rally by the former in the community.
According to Awe, the community had been tense since Thursday following the arrival of Chief Bolu Adewumi, who he said was the financier of the group and his younger brother, Mr Segun Adewumi, who was also coordinating the affairs of the group.
The ACN chairman, who denied that Segun Adewumi was a former member of his party, however confirmed that Adewumi had once indicated interest to contest for the House of Assembly under the ACN in the 2011 general election, claiming that “since he was not allowed to contest based on the fact that he is still a serving civil servant in Lagos State, he has not been working with the ACN in the town.”
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