The Osun State Police Command has disclosed that Nigerian music star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, was allegedly the target of an attack on the convoy of Governor Ademola Adeleke in Osogbo.
Security personnel attached to the governor engaged unidentified armed men in a gun duel on Wednesday during the governor’s visit to the palace of the Ataoja of Osogbo.
Davido, who is the governor’s nephew, had accompanied Adeleke and his children to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office, where the governor received his Certificate of Return, before they proceeded to the palace.
Confirming the incident, the Osun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Ojelabi, said preliminary investigations indicated that members of the Eye Confraternity allegedly targeted the singer.
Ojelabi said a suspected cult member and ex-convict, Adebayo Taoreed, popularly known as “Small Rugged,” attempted to approach Davido but was stopped by members of the singer’s security team.
According to the police spokesperson, the confrontation attracted other suspected gang members in the area, who allegedly blocked the palace entrance and obstructed the movement of the governor’s convoy.
The police also confirmed that a 60-year-old man, Tajudeen Yusuf, was shot during the incident and later died at a hospital.
The development has heightened concerns over rising political violence in Osun State.
The Accord Party had alleged that more than 28 people were killed by suspected political thugs during the election period.
However, the All Progressives Congress (APC) accused the Accord Party of sponsoring violence that resulted in the deaths of some of its members.
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