Nigeria, June 4 -- The Osun State Government has announced that the chairman of the ruling Accord party in the state, Asimiyu Ajibola, was shot on Wednesday night.

"Suspected gunmen on Wednesday night fired several shots at the Chairman of the Accord for Osogbo local government Hon Asimiyu Ajibola (aka Baba Isila) and his friends," the state's Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, said in a statement.

"Though the chairman narrowly escaped being killed during the attack, he is currently on the danger list, receiving treatment at the Uniosun Teaching hospital, Osogbo."

Osogbo, the Osun State capital, is expected to be one of the most contested areas in the August governorship election in the state.

The inc...