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A pre-congress stakeholders’ meeting of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State turned violent on Tuesday as suspected thugs invaded the party secretariat in Akure, leaving many injured and the state chairman and a commissioner beaten.The incident occurred less than 24 hours before the nationwide ward congress scheduled to be held across 203 wards in the state.An eyewitness, Yetunde Adeyanju, said the attackers, armed with dangerous weapons, shouted that they were from Aiyedatiwa and claimed, “We don’t want congress in Ondo State. The governor is in charge. The governor is the leader of the state, and governor is in charge.The police command received a distress call, and we immediately swung into action, deploying operatives to the APC state secretariat.Efforts of these operatives restored calmness to the area, he said, adding that tactical teams had been deployed and investigations were ongoing.