Police Arrest Five Suspects Over Attack On Governor Oyetola’s Wife Convoy In Osun

Osun State Police Command has announced the arrested of five suspects in connection with the attack on the convoy of the state’s First Lady, Mrs Kafayat Oyetola.

KanyiDaily had reported how Mrs Oyetolas’s convoy was heading to Osogbo and was around Owode market when it was attacked by suspected hoodlums on Friday evening.

In a statement on Saturday, Osun Police Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola said one security personnel on the convoy was injured, adding that five suspects were arrested by the police in connection with the attack.

She said, “Information was received that at Owode, Ede Market Express way, some hoodlums were attacking convoy of the First Lady. DPO ‘A’ Division Ede promptly mobilised and led the detectives to the scene, where they met CSP Dauda Ismail, the CSO to His Excellency (Adegboyega Oyetola), the executive governor of Osun State.

“He stated that one Omolola Opeyemi ‘M’ of Ijebu Ode, a driver of one truck without reg number blocked the movement of the First Lady, as a result of the traffic blockage.

“The driver was wounded on his forehead while some hoodlums took advantage of that and started stoning vehicles in the convoy that got one DSS personnel wounded. However, five suspects were arrested at the scene.”

Meanwhile, the Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied any involvement in the attack on Kafayat Oyetola’s convoy.