On
Friday, April 4, Barrister Ademorin Aliu Kuye, the Lagos State
Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affair, turned a
political meeting into a boxing arena.
He descended on a fellow
politician, Honourable Olugbenga Hakeem Abdullahi (aka Naa Gbenga), and
landed him some blows in the face. Abdullahi’s offence? He had dared to
question Kuye’s rationale for moving a motion for the imposition of
candidates instead of going through the due process of screening.
The
political meeting which took place at the Somolu Local Government
Banquet Hall, had in attendance, several respected leaders of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, such as
Senator Anthony Adefuye. It was in
the presence of this revered politician that Kuye was alleged to have
displayed his Tyson-like boxing prowess. According to eyewitness’
account, Kuye, who is a former Chairperson of Somolu Local Government
Council, was attempting to impress it upon the gathering to support his
motion that candidates for the forthcoming Ward Congress should be
exempted from screening. Evidently, Kuye’s motion didn’t sit well with
the other politicians and they voiced out their protestation.
This was
said to have drawn Kuye’s ire. Abdullahi, who was sitting close to Kuye,
had attempted to caution him on the implication of his motion on the
party, when he (Kuye) turned to him and landed him a couple of blows on
his bespectacled face. Abdullahi, 57, who was totally taken aware by the
attack was said to have fallen flat on his back. In the ensuing melee,
some of Kuye’s thugs, who were lurking around, stormed the meeting venue
and dealt Abdullahi more blows. Needless to say the meeting came to an
abrupt end, as everyone scampered off to safety. Some of Kuye’s thugs
who stormed the venue were identified as Yesuru and Benson. Yesuru is
described as a very notorious thug, and was recently declared wanted by
the police in Somolu.
Interestingly,
Kuye, who flaunts a Post-Graduate Diploma in Theology from the Redeemed
Christian Church of God, RCCG, is described as a very violent
politician. Four years ago, he was alleged to have beaten a former party
colleague, the late Tunde Babalola into a state ofComa. Also, several
cases of Kuye invading political meetings with his thugs abound within
his Constituency.
Meanwhile,
Kuye’s victim, Abdullahi, who is nursing a swollen face and some cuts
on his face, has vowed to seek for justice. In his quest to see that
Kuye is brought to book, Abdullahi, together with some party leaders in
Somolu, had reported the assault to Alade Police Station, Somolu. Also,
the aggrieved politician has also filed a petition to the Panti Police
Station and plans to send the petition to the Lagos State Governor,
Babatunde Raji Fashola, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and other APC leaders.
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