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Two dead as Osun PDP ward congress ends in violence

At least two persons have been confirmed killed during the ad hoc ward delegate Congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held on Wednesday across Osun State.

Yemisi Opalola, the state’s Police Command spokesperson who confirmed on Thursday that two persons were killed, explained that one of the victims, Toib Mutallib, was killed by suspected political thugs that stormed his ward in Agberire, a community in the Iwo Local Government Area of the state.

Also, another victim, who is aged 28 and resident in Agberire and simply identified as Sheriff was injured in the attack. He died after he was rushed to the hospital.

Meanwhile, two other persons were also reportedly injured during the Congress in Oba Oke, in Olorunda Local Government, and Ipetumodu, in Ife North Local Government.

Another death was also reported in Koso Area of Ipetumodu, when one Olamide Aremu, was shot in the leg and rushed to a hospital, where he later died, while a vehicle said to belong to the suspect was reportedly razed down by a mob.

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