A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Desmond Elliot has spoken against the attack on the campaign members of his political opponent, Olumide Oworu.
The Informant247 learned that Oworu who’s contesting for the House of Assembly seat on the platform of the Labour Party, LP had a narrow escape when some unknown hoodlums who were suspected to be Political thugs reportedly launched an attack on his campaign members on Tuesday March 14 in Surulere area of the state.
Oworu, 28, while speaking about the attack through his Twitter handle said some members of his team had injury during the attack.
He told his supporters that he would not relent but rather will keep his political moves up.
However, some supporters of the Labour Party alleged Elliot of being the sponsor of the attack on his LP counterpart.
The spokesperson of the state police, Benjamin Hundeyin, while confirming the Tuesday attack, said, “I can confirm that but I don’t have all the details yet.”
In a statement released through Elliot’s Facebook page on Friday, he tagged Olumide’s attackers as “overzealous political jobbers masquerading as party supporters.”
The statement reads in part, “The attention of the Media Office of Hon. Olushola Desmond Elliot has been drawn to the senseless attack on the supporters of the Labour Party in Surulere by suspected thugs and overzealous political jobbers masquerading as party supporters.
“Elliot has reiterated at several fora in the build-up to the general election that he will never be a party to any move that seeks to undermine the peaceful coexistence that we currently enjoy in Lagos State as citizens under the able leadership of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.”
Elliot is a two term lawmaker, recontesting for a third term in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Surulere Constituency.