Hoodlums on Thursday attacked the campaign convoy of the Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje, at Iba in Ojo, Lagos.
Mr Agbaje’s convoy had just left the palace of the Oniba of Iba, Oba Goriola Oseni, when it came under ferocious attack.
Agbaje had gone to the monarch to inform him of his plan to hold his campaign rally in the area later in the day before the incident.
As the convoy was driving out, hoodlums, numbering about 40, chased and threw stones at Agbaje’s vehicles.
Some of the hoodlums, clutching daggers and machetes, rode on motorcycles to keep pace with the speed of the convoy, throwing pebbles continually at the convoy.
The rear windscreen of a bus conveying some party members was shattered.
Some occupants of the bus sustained minor injuries caused by the shattered glass.
The hoodlums continued to advance towards the convoy for further attacks, before security details in the convoy engaged them, firing tear gas at them.
However, Agbaje and people in other vehicles did not sustain injuries.
Speaking earlier at the Oniba’s palace, Agbaje said he did not believe that politics should be a do-or-die affair.
“I don’t believe in do-or-die politics. I have always believed in peaceful politics and that is what I practice.
“Why should people kill themselves because of politics? It should not be, politics should be a platform to serve and not to cause destruction.
“On my way to the palace today, I saw some APC supporters in their party vests and I came down from the vehicle to greet them.
“They looked at my face in disbelief at first. We later embraced each another and exchanged friendly words. That should be the spirit,” he said.
(NAN)
