The campaign trail of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, was attacked by unknown gunmen on Thursday in Ilorin while on house-to-house campaign for President Muhammadu Buhari.
Osinbajo is Buhari’s running mate and has been carrying out a house-to-house campaign ahead of the presidential election.
The attack on his campaign trail was confirmed by the Public Relations Officer of the Police Command, DSP Ajayi Okasanmi, to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Ilorin.
He said the Vice President was not at the scene where the unknown gunmen shot at the mammoth All Progressives Congress, APC, supporters, who came out to hail the Prof. Osinbajo at Isale Aluko area in Ilorin.
The Kwara Police spokesman confirmed that two persons sustained gunshot injuries while others who ran for safety suffered various degrees of injuries.
He said first information available to him had it that the attack was allegedly carried out by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) thugs in the state.
Okasanmi said investigations into the matter had begun and promised that the police would unravel and bring those involved to justice.
Meanwhile, Kwara PDP has denied involvement of its members and supporters in the attack on the vice-president.
The denial was contained in a statement by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Mr. Tunde Ashaolu.
He, however, said that the incident was an intra-party affair involving members of the APC arising from the endless crisis confronting the party.
