Drama as youths beat up Commissioner in Ondo

The Ondo state Commissioner for Works, Mr Saka Yusuf-Ogunleye has been beaten up by youths.

According to reports, Mr Saka Ogunleye who was one of the chieftains at the recent town hall meeting of the All Progressives Congress in Iju town, Akure North Local Government Area was beaten severely by the youths at the meeting.

It was gathered that the Commissioner was in the community to attend the meeting called for the purpose of membership registration and validation of the party.

According to a source who spoke to PUNCH, some minutes after the arrival of Yusuf-Ogunleye, the youths besieged Iju town hall venue of the meeting, with dangerous objects and attacked the Commissioner. Many other members of the party at the venue were reportedly injured.