Ekiti State governorship aspirant, Opeyemi Bamidele's Campaign Coordinator, Chief Remi Oguntuase has been arrested by men of SSS.The crisis rocking Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took another dimension as operatives of the State Security Service (SSS), arrested Chief Remi Oguntuase, a strong supporter and close associate of the House of Representatives member, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele.No official reason was given for the arrest, but sources said it was another strategy by Bamidele's known opponent to further attack him over the popular support he got from the public during his disrupted guber declaration programme last Thursday.Confirming the arrest to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, a leader of Ekiti Bibire Coalition, Bamidele's political platform, who preferred anonymity, said six SSS operatives on Monday stormed Oguntuase's residence located at Onigari, GRA in Ado Ekiti at about 11am and held no fewer than 10 occupants of the house hostage for about 40 minutes that the operation lasted.Oguntuase had been attacked repeatedly before, by some APC thugs, believed to be working for Bamidele's opponent in the party.According to a source, the security operatives acted in a gestapo-like manner and in the process wounded the security man at the entrance gate, broke the pedestrian gate before gaining entry into the palatial building. They immediately seized the telephone sets of all the occupants, including Oguntuase's children and wife and ransacked all the rooms in the building.According to the source, Oguntuase was later whisked away in a white Hilux Van alongside his wife to the SSS headquarters in the state.However, according to the source, Oguntuase was later released at about 10p.m on Monday with an instruction to re-appear at the SSS office on Tuesday (24/09/13) for further questioning.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Ekiti State Governorship Aspirant, Opeyemi Bamidele's Aide Arrested By SSS
Ekiti State governorship aspirant, Opeyemi Bamidele's Campaign Coordinator, Chief Remi Oguntuase has been arrested by men of SSS.The crisis rocking Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took another dimension as operatives of the State Security Service (SSS), arrested Chief Remi Oguntuase, a strong supporter and close associate of the House of Representatives member, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele.No official reason was given for the arrest, but sources said it was another strategy by Bamidele's known opponent to further attack him over the popular support he got from the public during his disrupted guber declaration programme last Thursday.Confirming the arrest to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, a leader of Ekiti Bibire Coalition, Bamidele's political platform, who preferred anonymity, said six SSS operatives on Monday stormed Oguntuase's residence located at Onigari, GRA in Ado Ekiti at about 11am and held no fewer than 10 occupants of the house hostage for about 40 minutes that the operation lasted.Oguntuase had been attacked repeatedly before, by some APC thugs, believed to be working for Bamidele's opponent in the party.According to a source, the security operatives acted in a gestapo-like manner and in the process wounded the security man at the entrance gate, broke the pedestrian gate before gaining entry into the palatial building. They immediately seized the telephone sets of all the occupants, including Oguntuase's children and wife and ransacked all the rooms in the building.According to the source, Oguntuase was later whisked away in a white Hilux Van alongside his wife to the SSS headquarters in the state.However, according to the source, Oguntuase was later released at about 10p.m on Monday with an instruction to re-appear at the SSS office on Tuesday (24/09/13) for further questioning.
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