The campaign office of Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has been burgled and property worth millions of naira carted away, Peoples Gazette has learnt. 

It was gathered that the office located in the state capital, Akure, was broken into when the workers had closed for the day.  

The invaders were said to have stolen some electronics and gadgets, including two rechargeable fans, sockets and documents. . 

Confirming the incident in a statement, the spokesman for the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers Independent Council (LACO-FSIC), Kayode Fasua, said the incident was discovered after the workers resumed the day’s work at the campaign office. 

Mr Fasua, who disclosed that campaign posters and billboards of the governor were also destroyed by the invaders, said the manner in which the office was burgled suggested that the invasion was politically motivated.

“With what took place overnight, it is now evident that at least one of the opposition parties in the state is prone to violence and criminal activity, despite the olive branch extended to all by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, who is tirelessly working to improve the standard of living for the masses. The methodical burglars and their paymasters were apparently shocked by the large crowds at the two meetings held in quick succession at the newly acquired LACO-FSIC campaign headquarters in Akure. They succumbed to the devil’s influence, destroying multi-million naira property and stealing valuable items. 

“The opposition likely sponsored moles to spy on our meetings, and realising the futility of stopping what has become a moving train, they, in a state of panic over their looming failure, resorted to the indignity of political burglary, as was carried out overnight,” he stated in a statement on Wednesday.  

The Gazette reports that the latest incident is coming less than three months to the November 16, 2024 governorship election in the state. 

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that 17 political parties fielded candidates for the forthcoming off-cycle governorship election.