The clash between the supporters of both parties reportedly followed preparations to organise the end of the year party for their members.
A clash between members of the All Progress Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Idanre, Ondo State has left many injured, The New Telegraph reports.
It was gathered that the PDP chairman in, Bola Ogundolu, was among the wounded and has been rushed to a private hospital for treatment.
According to an eyewitness, the clash between the supporters of both parties followed preparations to organise the end of the year party for their members in different locations in the town.
"Members of the two parties were to hold a get-together today (yesterday), they were both granted permission by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in the town", the source said.
"In the morning as they were preparing the food in the house of the PDP chairman suspected APC supporters invaded the house and attacked and beat everybody in the house. They took away all the foods that were being prepared.
"The PDP chairman was attacked in front of the DPO when he went to report the activities of the hoodlums at the police station. He was seriously injured by the thugs."
A PDP chieftain, Mayokun Akinmoladun, also accused the APC supporters initiating the attack.
He said, The APC supporters attacked and maim our people in our chairman’s house; they destroyed our canopy, our chairs. They also injured our chairman."
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But the acting chairman of the APC, Ade Adetimehin, denied the allegations against the party members. He insisted no clash of such took place in the town.
"I was not aware of the incident, if my members fight anywhere, I would have been involved, I am in Idanre now and nothing of such has been reported to me", he said.
The Ondo state police command was not immediately available to comment on the incident.