The Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the governorship election in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede, has said that the attack on his convoy by political thugs was an attempt to assassinate him.

Jegede said “lf anything happens to me before and after this election, our people should know who to hold responsible.

Jegede at a Press Conference in Akure said that ” the attack on my campaign train at Oba Akoko by suspected APC thugs was a clear attempt to terminate my life.

According to him the firing of live bullets sporadically at my vehicles by the suspected political thugs confirmed insinuation that some elements want to murder me before the election day.

Jegede said that those that fired at his convoy were thugs in the APC campaign vehicle with the governor in the convoy.

He pointed out that he had lodged complaints to all the security agencies and showed evidence that the thugs in the  APC vehicles fired at our vehicles.

“We were scheduled to be in Oba Akoko and we have police approval, the governor’s campaign were supposed to be somewhere in the south. He added