Afenifere chieftain and former Secretary to the Government
of the Federation, Olu Falae, narrowly escaped bullets from policemen on
Tuesday while traveling to Ile Ife, in Osun State to pay homage to the Ooni of
Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi.
He was traveling to join other Afenifere members for a
meeting with the Ooni, when the policemen who were escorting a bullion van shot
at his car at Ile-Oluji junction.
“I was first kidnapped, now they want to kill me,” Mr. Falae
said, as he expressed amazement at repeated attempts on his life.
“I was coming from Akure approaching Ilesa. I saw some
vehicles ahead of me.
“There was a bullion van in front. The vehicles ahead of us
were overtaking the bullion van and we too followed.
“I nearly passed them when I heard a shot and I heard a bang
on my car. We stopped and we saw that they have fired at our car.
“They didn’t stop. We stopped at Erin-Ijesa and complained
to the police at the check-point that we were fired at by some police following
a bullion van at Ile-Oluji junction.
“I don’t know why I was kidnapped recently, why I was
arrested in 1997 and locked up for two years.”
When contacted on telephone, the Police Public Relations
Officer in Osun, Folashade Odoro, said the state command was yet to receive any
report from Mr. Falae.
Credit: PremiumTimes
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