{"id":2213,"date":"2013-04-16T01:42:41","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T01:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/nigerian-rep-member-bamidele-attacked-in-ekiti\/"},"modified":"2013-04-16T01:42:41","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T01:42:41","slug":"nigerian-rep-member-bamidele-attacked-in-ekiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-rep-member-bamidele-attacked-in-ekiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Rep member Bamidele attacked in Ekiti"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A member of the House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele, on Monday escaped death after an attack by suspected thugs.<\/p>\n

The Ekiti lawmaker\u2019s vehicle was attacked in Igede-Ekiti shortly after a trip to Ado-Ekiti, according to a report by NAN.<\/p>\n

Bamidele (ACN-Ekiti) had gone to commiserate with the state government over the death of the former Deputy Governor, Funmilayo Olayinka.<\/p>\n

The assailants reportedly shot at the Land Cruiser jeep conveying the lawmaker while another Black Prado jeep in his convoy was badly damaged.<\/p>\n

Bamidele told newsmen after the attack that some of his supporters were also wounded in the incident.<\/p>\n

He said four persons were arrested by the police and detained at the Okesa police station in Ado-Ekiti.<\/p>\n

The lawmaker further alleged that some government officials were already mounting pressure on the Area Commander of Okesa Police Station to release the detainees.<\/p>\n

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Opeyemi bamidele: attacked in Ekiti<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Bamidele, who is representing Ado\/Irepodun \/Ifelodun Federal Constituency, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in Igede Ekiti to complete the negotiation of an office accommodation for my Constituency office. As we were about leaving, we just heard the sound of a stone on the Prado jeep because I was conveyed to the town in that vehicle,<\/p>\n

“But unknown to them, I had already entered the Land Cruiser my driver brought later.They attacked the Prado jeep, smashed the windscreen because they thought I was inside. They even shot at the Land Cruiser jeep when they realised that I was not in the Prado jeep, but I escaped by the whiskers.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

The lawmaker, who linked the attack to his political ambition in 2014, urged the security agencies to be alive to their responsibilities.<\/p>\n

He said no amount of threat would dissuade him from pursuing his political aspiration in 2014.<\/p>\n

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Sotonye Wakama, confirmed the incident but declined comment on whether anyone had been arrested.<\/p>\n

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