On Thursday, Elder Leke Abejide, ADC House of Representatives member-Elect, Shuaib Ipinmisho, Ijumu House of Assembly ADC Candidate were attacked by sponsored thugs.
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP members were not also left out as Hon Rinde Asagun the House of Assembly candidate of the party was beaten and supporters brutally injured.
The victims according to reports were reportedly brutalised by gun-wielding thugs from the ruling APC in the state, numbering over 30. They were reportedly led by government officials from the local governments.
The attackers invaded the venue where opposition party members were holding meetings and rallies in preparatory for the House of Assembly election, slated for Saturday, March 9.
So many have described the unprovoked attack as callous, wicked and barbaric.
An ADC chieftain urged the electorate to be on guard and assured that no threat or intimidation would make the party to back down on its resolve to wrestle power from the APC.
He urged the police, army and other security agencies to provide adequate security for every citizen of Kogi West before and after the Saturday’s election.
The State Assistant Publicity Secretary of ADC, Alamoh Kehinde Samuel, has condemned the attack.
He vowed that the party would explore every legal avenue to expose and bring the perpetrators to justice.
He further reassured of the party’s commitment to peaceful and violence free elections on Saturday, and urged politicians not to make the election a do-or-die affair.
He said the party will lodged a formal report at the Police Command in Lokoja.
“The attack is condemnable and we promise the perpetrators that ADC will explore every available legal means to bring them to justice. We are law abiding and wish to reassure the electorate and Kogi West residents that ADC is committed to peaceful and violence free elections in Kogi State,” he said.
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