POLITICS:-POLICE ESCORT SHOT OLU FALAE

A former Secretary to the Government of the
Federation and the Alliance for Democracy(AD) Presidential candidate
in 1999, Chief Olu Falae, on Tuesday escaped death by a whisker after
one of the policemen escorting a bullion van opened fire on his
vehicle while travelling to Ile-Ife, Osun State.

SOURCE:-Oluniyi Hisamotu | Topup9ja Staff

Topup9ja learnt that the incident happened at Ile-Oluji Junction while
he was travelling to Ile-Ife for Afenifere leaders' visit to the Ooni
of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi.

Sources at Ife palace confirmed that the former Minister of Finance,
who is the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, briefed
some persons at Ile-Ife about the incident before the meeting with the
Ooni.

Falae was quoted to have said, "I was coming from Akure, approaching
Ilesa. I saw some vehicles ahead of me. There was a bullion van in
front, the vehicles ahead of us were overtaking the bullion van and we
followed too.
"We just barely passed them when I heard a shot
and I heard a bang on the car. We stopped and we
discovered that they had shot at our car.
"They didn't stop. We stopped at Erin-Ijesa and
complained to the police at the checkpoint that
one of the policemen escorting a bullion van fired at us at Ile-Oluji Juction."

The Elder statesman was recently abducted by some hoodlums on his farm
in Akure but was later released after he had paid some amount of money
as ransom to his captors, though the hoodlums were later arrested by
the Nigeria police.