Similarly, a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency, Mr Bamidele Baderinwa, was allegedly beaten by some youths in Idanre on Wednesday during Osinbajo’s visit to the traditional ruler of Idanre town. It took the intervention of the security details of the Vice-President, who whisked the lawmaker away from the scene, to save the situation. During Osinbajo’s visit to Ondo, the Osemawe of Ondo, Oba Victor Kiladejo, appealed to the VP to expedite action on the process of upgrading the Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo to a university of education and to dualise the Akure-Ondo-Ore road. “I am not aware of such an incident; I am just hearing it for the first time from you.” Adetimehin stated. He said, “What happened was just a normal thing in politics; at the event the youths came to ask for money.

Source: Punch February 01, 2019 00:33 UTC