Oyo pilgrims' welfare board members in bloody clash 'Board chairman beaten to unconscious

Members of theOyo StatePilgrims' Welfare Board (Muslim Wing), on Wednesday, engaged one another in a bloody clash during which the chairman, Alhaji Akewugberu Taofeek, was beaten unconscious.Nigerian Tribune learnt, on Thursday in Ibadan, that the chairman and his deputy, Alhaji Abass Oloko, had been at each other's throat since their appointment into the board by the present administration.Their rivalry, Nigerian Tribune learnt, was exhibited before their departure for hajj and even while in the holy land.The source further disclosed that the board chairman had summoned a meeting of board members with the intention of briefing them on the last hajj and the preparations for the new year.The vice chairman, the source said, complained that he was not officially informed about the planned meeting and, therefore, stormed the board's secretariat at Olodo with people suspected to be thugs and asked them to seal off the offices to prevent the meeting from taking place.It took the intervention of a top government official in the state before the offices were reopened.According to the source, another meeting had been fixed for Thursday before the attack at the peace meeting.The matter was reported at the State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), while the board chairman was treated at the Adeoyo General Hospital.When contacted the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Femi Okanlawon, confirmed the incident and said that it was being investigated.Efforts to get the board chairman to speak on the incident proved abortive, as his telephone lines were switched off.
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