PoliticsNGR has just been briefed that the APC Congress in Ondo state ended in chaos as journalists and scores of party members were injured by thugs.

The thugs disrupted the factional APC State Congress in Akure. Notable personalities were injured in the fracas, people like Sunkanmi Elujoba of Adaba FM, Damisi Ojo of The Nation, Bamigbola Gbolagunte of The Sun, Olumide Abudu of Radio Nigeria Positive FM. The Chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ ), who is also correspondent of Thisday newspaper, James Sowole was beaten mercilessly by the thugs.

Bola Ilori, the commissioner for Regional Integration in Osun State was not spared as he was also attacked and Injured.

The venue of the factional congress, BTO Hall in Akure, was invaded by suspected political thugs who chased the party members out with various weapons and destroyed properties inside the hall.

The thugs were arrived in 6 buses and destroyed everything in sight.