Tension yesterday gripped residents of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, as some hoodlums attacked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat at the popular Ajilosun area of the city.
The incident followed a division among the PDP chieftains over the consensus committee inaugurated by Mr. Makanjuola Ogundipe- led executive to handle the selection of the party's candidate ahead of the 2014 governorship election.
The hoodlums, who disrupted a press briefing to be addressed by the PDP Public Relations Officer, Pastor Kola Oluwawole, and the Director of Media and Publicity, Chief Gboyega Aribisogan, descended on some officials of the party and left them with various degrees of injuries.
Dangerous weapons like guns, batons, cutlasses, broken bottles, knives and charms were displayed by the hoodlums believed to be sponsored by two politicians. Among those injured were party's Legal Adviser and former Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon Kola Adefemi; and Auditor, Mr Olatunji Olanrewaju. They were left in the pool of their own blood.
Journalists, who were already seated for the media event, were not spared of the terror as the hoodlums also attacked them.
As the disturbance lasted, bottles of Coca Cola drinks arranged in a truck parked nearby became willing tools for the hoodlums.
The incident led to the disruption of traffic on the ever-busy Ado – Ikere Road.
