Bamidele finally returns home after treating gunshot wounds in United States

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- Ex-House of Representatives member, Opeyemi Bamidele, has returned to Nigeria

- He was flown out of the country after sustaining gunshot wounds during the campaign for the 2018 Ekiti governorship election

- Bamidele, who expresses gratitude to God for saving his life, says he is happy to be back home

Following his treatment in the United States after sustaining gunshot wounds during the campaign for the Ekiti state governorship election, a former House of Representatives member, Opeyemi Bamidele, has returned to Nigeria.

Punch reports that the ex-lawmaker arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Thursday, August 30, around 3pm.

NAIJ.com gathers that Bamidele said he was grateful to God that he survived after being hit by stray bullets in the build-up to the election.

He said: “I am happy to be back home, and I want to express gratitude to God and my family, friends and associates that have shown love to me during the period of my trial after the unfortunate incident.

“I am very grateful to the people of Nigeria and Lagos state for the love they have shown, even the sons and daughters of Ekiti state, they have all been wonderful.

“What is important today is to give glory to God, and to thank all the people that God used to pay for my hospital bills, to fly me out of Nigeria, visit me in London and the United States and to ensure that I got the best rest and treatment.”

Speaking on the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, Bamidele said: “The understanding all of us must have is that President Buhari may not have done what he did in the last few years if not for corruption fighting back, most of the things we are seeing in the country now are organised response by people who feel his administration has not allowed them to do what we have known them for in this country.

“Nigerians need to be resolute in their bid to re-elect Buhari at the centre in 2019. It will be the beginning of new things and Nigerians will be happy for it."

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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that Opeyemi Bamidele and one other person were shot during the campaign for the Ekiti state governorship election.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) said the Ekiti state governorship candidate, Kayode Fayemi, narrowly escaped being killed by an unknown gunman as he was being received by party men at the APC secretariat.

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