Many persons were injured when supporters of the All Progressives Congress candidate in the Ondo State governorship election, Rotimi Akeredolu, and one of those who vied for the ticket with him, Segun Abraham, clashed in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Tuesday.
The supporters clashed at the Ondo State secretariat of the party on Oyemekun Road, using several dangerous weapons.
Among weapons used were guns, cutlasses and axes.
Properties worth millions of naira were destroyed during the clash.
Soldiers and policemen had to be drafted to quell the fighting.
Sources said trouble started when loyalists of Abraham from the 18 local government areas of the State met at the party’s secretariat and embarked on peaceful protest.
They demanded for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, for overruling the decision of the National Working Committee, which called for a fresh primary.
The protesters demanded that Akeredolu steps down for Abraham as the party’s candidate for the election.
Loyalists of Akeredolu were also said to have organised themselves in a counter-protest, which then resulted in the free for all.
However, no one could confirm which group started the fight.
Both Akeredolu and Abraham were summoned to the Ondo State Police Command Headquarters in Akure by the Commissioner of Police, Hilda Harrison.
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