An Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN councillorship candidate in Ward B in Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, Miss Bisola Fadayomi and her brother, Tomilola, were last night shot by unknown gunmen.
The duo were attacked and shot at about 8 p.m.yesterday at Odebiyi Street, near their father’s house at Obawole in Ifako-Ijaiye area while inside a Toyota Hilux bus.
Eyewitnesses accounted that Bisola and Tomilola had gone out to meet their father, Chief Akintunde Fadayomi, the ACN Chairman in Ifako-Ijaiye who just returned from Abuja.
Chief Fadayomi boarded a taxi from airport to Pen Cinema area of Agege from where he joined his children in their bus.
At Odebiyi Street, the gunmen emerged from a corner and attacked Bisola who was hit on her upper arm and Tomilola received bullets shot on his chest.
It was gathered that their father raised an alarm and the victims were later rushed to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja immediately.
Family sources told P.M.NEWS this morning that they are responding to treatment.
Chief Fadayomi confirmed the incident to our correspondent this morning, saying that he suspected the shooting was politically motivated.
“The party has just released a list of candidates for the council poll. Why should the shooting happen now if it is not politically motivated,” Fadayomi queried, while calling on the authorities to beef up security in the area as some enemies of progress are hell bent on disrupting the peaceful political atmosphere in Ifako-Ijaiye.
Similarly, the ACN chairmanship candidate in Ifako-Ijaiye, Hon. Oloruntoba Oke, confirmed the incident and called on the Lagos State government and the police to stop the emerging political violence in the area.
“The party has spoken and the people are happy about the party’s decision,” Oke told P.M.NEWS.
Speaking with P.M.NEWS at LASUTH this morning, Tomilola narrated how the attack happened. He said they were about to alight from the bus in front of their father’s house when a gunman wearing a face cap approached and opened fire on them.
“I suspected the attacked was actually targeted at my sister who had just won the party’s ticket to contest the councillorship seat,” Tomilola said, adding that the bullets pierced Bisola’s left arm while
he got bruises on his body and chest.
Tomilola said he was treated and discharged in a hospital but his sister could not be attended to at LASUTH and was transferred to a private hospital.
He said before neighbours could be alerted, the gunman had joined two others on a waiting motorcycle and escaped.
Contacted on phone this morning, the Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Lagos State Police Command, DSP Samuel Jinadu said P.M.NEWS should call him later.
He could not be reached again before press time for his comments.
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