Tribunal: PDP Governorship Aspirant Segun Showunmi Opens Up On Attack Today
The governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Showunmi, was on Monday beaten by thugs, suspected to be loyalists of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Eye witness report has it that Showunmi was approaching the entrance of the Isabo court premises, venue of the Ogun State election petition tribunal when he was ambushed by the thugs.
The PDP governorship aspirant was flogged with canes and physically assaulted, nearly falling into a ditch.
He was while trying to escape from his attackers pursued with canes and stones.
Our correspondent who was at the scene of the incident reports that operatives of the police, the Amotekun Corps and others appeared to be unconcerned while the politician was being assaulted.
He was later whisked away by some men, leaving his car behind.
Showunmi while speaking with our correspondent after the attack, narrated his ordeal today at the tribunal sitting in Abeokuta describing the attack as aberration in this modern days politics,
“I was ambushed by the suspected hoodlums wearing yellow cap and all I could see is beating me with cane till I ran into the ditch this morning”
The party governorship aspirant, Segun Showunmi while trying to escape from his attackers was pursued with canes and stones.
Our correspondent who was at the scene of the incident reports that operatives of the police, the Amotekun Corps and others appeared to be unconcerned while the politician was being assaulted.
He was later whisked away by some men, leaving his car behind.
