Gunmen attack Kwara APC House of Reps aspirant

Date: 2022-05-25

Some gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday in Igosi, Oke-ero Local Government Area of Kwara, attacked Mr. Kayode Bankole, the House of Representatives aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Bankole had gone to visit the delegates at the Igosi-Imode Ward, to solicit their support for the forthcoming primaries of the APC when he was attacked on his way to his hometown in Ekan.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bankole, however, escaped by the whisker, having discovered that the vehicle in which the assailants were, was trailing them.

Bankole said he, along with his entourage, were able to maneuver their way to escape the onslaught.

The aspirant said he suspected it could be the handiwork of his political opponents because of his soaring popularity, adding that such politics belonged to the past.

He called on security agencies to redouble their efforts at securing lives, especially in this period of electioneering.

The aspirant said that he would not rest on his oars until victory was achieved in the coming primaries of the party for the House of Reps.

He called on political opponents to sheath their swords and allow free contest of ideas without bloodshed.

NAN reports that Bankole is seeking to represent Ekiti, Isin, Irepodun, and Oke-Ero Federal Constituency of Kwara.

Efforts at getting the Public Relations Officer of the Kwara Police Command, SP Ajayi Okasanmi for reaction, were abortive as calls and text messages sent to him were unreturned.

NAN

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Shettima     Moses Salami     Alabi Lawal     Kunle Suleiman     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Issa Manzuma     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Lanwa     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Muhammed Aliyu     KSIRS     Mamman Saba Jibril     Abdulazeez Uthman     Ajuloopin     Ile Arugbo     Nigerian Correctional Service     Kola Shittu     Muritala Olarewaju     Moremi High School     TETFUND     Abiodun Oyedepo     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Isiaka Gold     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Salman Alada     New Model Police Station     Lukman Adeloyin     KWSUED     March 28     Inside Kwara     Sabitiyu Grillo     Adeleke Ogungbe     National Information Technology Development Agency     Suleman Abubakar     Bola Tinubu     Kaiama     Yusuf Mubarak     Yusuf Abubakar     Oniwasi Agbaye     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Ope Saraki     Boko Haram     Abubakar Baba     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Kayode Ogunlowo     Asa     Akorede     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Dunmade     YAKOOYO     The Herald     KWACOBPA     Coronavirus     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     CT Ayeni     Facemasks     Ohoro Of Shao     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Akume     Isiaka Danmeromu     Omotoso     Sheikh Alimi     Atunwa     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Naira Redesign     Read With Me     Taiwo Joseph     Lithium     Offorjama     Matthew Okedare     COEASU     Kwarareports     Garba Idris Ajia    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Umar Yakubu Jaja     Niyi Ogundiran     Curfew     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Musa Aibinu     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Elections     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Alfa Yahaya Road     Sabitiyu Grillo     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Halimat Yusuf     Olushola Saraki     Kwara North     Oloyede     Sobi     Valsolar Consortium     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Atunwa     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Convocation Ceremonies     Sabi     Aliyu Sabi     Danhawa     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Saka Adeyemo     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Okanlawon Musa     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Galadiman Ngeri     Saka Saadu     Kola Ologbondiyan     Awoye     Danladi     Yusuf Lawal     Aliyu Muyideen     Osuwa     Moses Adekanye     Owode Market     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Raymond Olaitan     Oke-Oyi     Ile Arugbo     Amos Sayo     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Afolayan     Belgore     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Kwara 2023     Usman Yunusa     LABTOP     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Makama Of Kaiama     Kolawole Bashirat     John Mayokun Dada     Zulu Gambari     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Arca Santa     Summit University     Vasolar     Emmanuel Bello     Simeon Ajibola     Saka Aleshinloye     Mohammed Ibrahim     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Ubandoma     Mutawalle     Ibrahim Oniye