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The All Progressives Congress candidate for the House of Representatives in Oyo State, Mr. Temitope Olatoye, has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abbah, for protection against possible attack from his political opponents.

In the letter dated February 13, 2015 and signed by his counsel, Mr. Ikeh Sunday, the APC candidate alleged that his political rivals had provoked his supporters with the aim of stimulating them to react.

The letter further said that after the tactic failed, attempts were made on Olatoyes life with a siege on his property in Ibadan.

The letter read, Our client, Olatoye, is a member of the Oyo State House of Assembly representing the people of Lagelu constituency of the state. He has affected the lives of many people positively which has given him massive support and followership through the din of hard work.

This charismatic support our client has amassed for himself has been a source of nightmare and concern to the opposition, especially the Peoples Democratic Party.

Recently, the PDP and one of its candidates for the House of Representatives have engaged in provocative acts with a view to stimulating our client and his supporters to react, which might have led to a breach of public peace and arrest of our client. The acts included destruction of billboards, posters and disruption of meetings of our client and his supporters.

Following the failure of all these, the opponents have perfected plans and launched several failed attempts to assassinate our client.

When our correspondent contacted the state PDP chairman, Yinka Taiwo, his telephone was switched off and message sent to him on the issue had yet to be answered as of the time of filing this report.

The counsel added that unknown men had been trailing Olatoyes movement in an unmarked vehicle with PDP logo.

He therefore appealed to the IG to investigate the claims and protect the APC candidate ahead of the election.

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Violence: APC candidate seeks police protection