Rasheed Olalekan Afolabi, member of the House of Representatives representing Ifelodun/Boripe/Odo-Otin Federal Constituency, was reportedly attacked on Monday by gunmen suspected of being hired assassins.
The incident occurred along the Akure-Okenne road in Kogi state, according to InsightnaijaTV.
According to the statement, the lawmaker and his wife, Mrs. Abimbola Afolabi, had just left their home town of Ikirun on Monday morning after attending the APC State Congress on Saturday, and were dropped off by his drivers at Akure Airport to catch a connecting flight to Abuja, while his drivers continued the journey by road to Abuja.
“The two cars, Ford SUV and Ford Hilux were, however, attacked along Akure-Kogi road and the gun shots were directed to where it was suspected that Lekan Afolabi would be seated in both cars.
“The front tyres of both cars, windscreen, rear seat and the fuse boxes were shot at and as a result, the vehicles could not start again,” he disclosed.
According to the statement, one of the drivers in the lawmaker’s convoy noticed a green Honda CRV trailing them from Osun early Monday morning.
The police have since been notified of the incident.
