Three members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were on Thursday killed by armed men who invaded a pre-election meeting at Ile-Tuntun area of Ibadan South East local government.
The assailants also destroyed vehicles and other properties during the attack.
APC’s candidate for constituency 2, Wariths Alawuje, who was also at the meeting escaped being killed.
Wariths who confirmed the incident said: “We were in a meeting with party executives when we heard members of (party name withheld) walking towards our office. Our people waited, for them to go. Not long after, we saw a top member of the party whispering to another and the next thing, we started hearing gunshots and before we could say jack, many of our people had been injured, cars had been damaged while nearby houses were not spared. Some persons were also killed.”
