Opeyemi Bamidele Undergoes Surgery To remove Bullets ‘From His Abdomen And Leg’
Opeyemi Bamidele, the erstwhile federal lawmaker from Ekiti State who was shot on Friday, has undergone surgery and is now recuperating at a hospital in Ado Ekiti. Bamidele, a chieftain of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), was shot during a reception organised at the party’s secretariat for Dr. Kayode Fayemi, flagbearer of the party in the forthcoming Ekiti State governorship election. Taiwo Olatubosun, spokesman of the APC in Ekiti, revealed this to Sahara Reporters on the phone on Saturday. “He [Bamidele] is still at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital, and he has gone through an operation yesterday night,” he said. “In fact, he was at the theatre and was also operated upon, while a bullet was removed from his body.” He noted that the attack was also an attempt to kill the candidate of the APC, Dr. Fayemi during the grand reception. “The attack is an orchestrated attempt by an unknown person to terminate the life of our candidate [Fayemi],” he said. ...