By Ademola Adeleye
Unknown number of gunmen have invaded the residence of former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Osun Labour Party Gubernatorial Candidate, Yusuf Lasun.
The invaders came shortly after the candidate finished a gubernatorial debate with other candidates on the election.
In a tweet on Monday, the former legislator said the armed men shot randomly at his residence but he did not say if there was any casualty or destruction of property.
Lasun tweeted: “Just in: gun men in uniforms are presently in my residence shooting sporadically.”
Hours later, Lasun said: “And (remember) when the disbelievers plotted against you to imprison you, or to kill you, or to expel you (from your home, Makkah); they were plotting and Allah too was plotting, and Allah is the best of plotters. Quran 8 verse 30.”
The development seems to be mocking Lasun’s stance during the debate where he had berated the security situation and promised remedies if elected as governor.
“There is little any state government can do. Amotekun cannot arrest. In the long run, we have to amend the constitution for state police. I am going to develop a robust community development association. They will work with Amotekun in collating and passing intelligence information.
“The fundamental problem of insecurity is our constitution. The most potent part of security is intelligence gathering. Our country has porous borders. People just enter the country anyhow,” he had said.
