Suspected gunmen on Thursday attacked World Boxing Federation International Super Featherweight Champion, Ridwan Oyekola, shortly after receiving a cheque of N10 million from the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde at the state Secretariat.
Oyekola defeated Lucas Montesino of Argentina at Ilaji Sports Resorts, Ibadan in December 2020 and was declared as the World Boxing Federation (WBF) International Super Featherweight Champion.
The Oyo State Governor on Thursday presented the check to Oyekola for making the state proud with his victory over Montesino.
Oyekola while narrating his experience said he escaped death with two other people in his car with the grace of God.
“As we left the government secretariat, the venue of cheque presentation, I wanted to drop a friend that accompanied me to the event at Mokola, I just saw a vehicle and it followed us along with NTA to Total garden area, and the two men were pointing guns at us to stop.”
“I was shocked and swerved the car to escape them but fell into a ditch. The assailants drove off after noticing that the car had fallen off from the road.”
It was gathered that Oyekola was with another boxer, Habeeb ‘Ige’ Oladeji, the national bantamweight titleholder and a friend, Adesina Sheriff, in the vehicle during the attack but none sustained serious injury except Oyekola who suffered a shock.
The manager of Oyekola, Sola Ayodele, while confirming the incident called on the government to provide adequate security for the boxer, saying the assailants might still be on his trail.
