A pre-congress stakeholders’ meeting of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State turned violent on Tuesday as suspected thugs invaded the party secretariat in Akure, leaving many injured and the state chairman and a commissioner beaten. The incident occurred less than 24 hours before the nationwide ward congress scheduled to be held across 203 wards in the state. An eyewitness, Yetunde Adeyanju, said the attackers, armed with dangerous weapons, shouted that they were from Aiyedatiwa and claimed, “We don’t want congress in Ondo State. “Nobody can query the authority of the governor, and anybody who wants to talk about congress in Ondo State will be assassinated. “The police command received a distress call, and we immediately swung into action, deploying operatives to the APC state secretariat.

Source: Punch February 18, 2026 06:44 UTC