Breaking: APC Guber Aspirant Opeyemi Shot At Ekiti Secretariat

Ekiti state governorship aspirant under the All Progressive Congress, APC umbrella, Opeyemi Bamidele, has been shot.

Bamidele, who was a member of the seventh House of Representatives was shot at the APC secretariat in Ajilosun, Ado-Ekiti, during a reception organised for the governorship candidate of the party, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.

It was learnt that the bullet had hit another person who was immediately rushed to an undisclosed hospital.

It was also learnt that the shooting was an accidental discharge by a yet-to-be identified mobile policeman.

The Ekiti state APC chairman, Jide Awe, who confirmed the incident said a lot of people were hit by the gunshot.

“We had a gunshot in our rally by a uniformed man,” Awe said.

“He was overpowered by the crowd and they took away the gun from him. It was a sporadic shooting, and I think the man has been apprehended.

“Some of us were upstairs at the party secretariat after the visit of the candidate of our party, Dr Fayemi. He was actually going out of the party office complex when we had the gunshots. He was at the veranda outside, going out to enter his waiting car. A lot of people were hit by bullets.

“Bamidele is not badly hit by the gun, and he is recuperating.”