Ekiti: Confusion as police, hoodlums stop Bamidele’s rally

Commercial and vehicular activities were
paralysed in some parts of Ado Ekiti on
Thursday as some hoodlums turned the streets
of the state capital to a war front in order
to stop a campaign rally by a member of the
House of Representatives, Mr. Opeyemi
Bamidele.
Bamidele, a former information commissioner in
Lagos State, who represents Ekiti Central
Federal Constituency 1 in the National
Assembly, was billed to publicly declare his
governorship ambition in the state on
Thursday.
The hoodlums took to the streets as early as
7am, barricading the Ajebandele Road and the
Ajilosun area up to Okeyinmi Junction in Ado
Ekiti.
The group, led by the state Chairman, Road
Transport Employers Association of Nigeria,
Mr. Rotimi Olabiwonu, carried dangerous
weapons like guns, cutlasses and clubs as they
drove dangerously around town in a convoy.
A detachment of policemen from the state
police command arrived the scene later to
disperse Bamidele's supporters from holding
the rally.
The heavily-armed and stern-looking policemen
fired tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd
while some were arrested.

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