The House of Assembly candidate of the African Action Congress in Ogun state, Tanimowo Oyemade, was reportedly attacked by thugs suspected to be members of the ruling All Progressives Congress.
According to SaharaReporters, the attack on Oyemade occurred on Monday around the Oke-Aje market in Ijebu Ode.
The victim is vying to represent Ijebu-Ode at the state House of Assembly, come 2023.
“This is to inform the general public that our honourable TANIMOWO OYEMADE of the African Action Congress OGHA 23 has been seriously brutalized by APC men today 24th October 2022 around the Oke-Aje market. The reason for such is yet to be ascertained at the moment.
“May God help us from this bitter politics people are playing in Ogun state Nigeria,” AAC Ijebu-Ode council area chairman, Hassan Bolaji, said in a statement.