Former Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Kayode Fayemi. Twitter
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti state, Jide Awe, says a former Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Kayode Fayemi, was a goal of capturing throughout the party’s rally on Friday.
The APC was holding its takeoff marketing campaign for the July 14 governorship election at its secretariat in Ado-Ekiti when what seemed to be an unintended discharge occurred.
A former member of the House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele, and one other party trustworthy had been wounded by an armed policeman as a results of the incident.
The party chairman, nonetheless, advised Channels Television that the capturing was aimed toward Fayemi, the party’s governorship candidate, whereas Bamidele coincidentally fell victim of the shot.
He additionally stated the person who fired the shot was wearing a cell police uniform, stressing that the previous Reps member was strolling with the previous minister.
“When he shot at the crowd, I believe sincerely that he (the police) aimed at Dr Kayode Fayemi but narrowly, he (Fayemi) was pushed by somebody walking behind him,” Awe stated.
“Opeyemi Bamidele was equally very near him and the shot hit him. But I can say authoritatively that he’s not badly hit, and he is recovering as we are talking,” he added.
The APC chairman, who witnessed the incident, famous that these on the scene thought the shot was fired by an overzealous officer who was attempting to pay respect to the previous minister.
He stated was simply coming back from the hospital and continuing to a different medical facility the place the opposite gunshot victim was being attended to.
Asked how positive he was about his declare that Fayemi was the goal of the capturing, Jide insisted, “To a cheap extent as a result of he and Bamidele had been strolling collectively however narrowly, he was pushed by someone behind him (though not intentional).