A group of armed and masked security men who reportedly
appeared in police uniforms have allegedly attacked the Governor of Oyo State,
Engr Seyi Makinde in a Lokoja Hotel, Kogi State.
This was contained in
a statement signed and released by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor,
Taiwo Adisa.
The statement reads:
“Information reaching us from Lokoja, the Kogi State capital confirmed
that some armed and masked security men who appeared in police uniforms have
attacked the Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde in Lokoja, Kogi state
capital. “Makinde is the Chairman of the
Peoples Democratic Party’s Kogi State Campaign Council. He is in Kogi in his
capacity as the Chairman of that Council.
“Eyewitnesses confirmed that the hooded security operatives
arrived the Suitorial Hotels, Lokoja, located along Stadium Road, Lokoja, where
the Governor and some members of the PDP Campaign Council are lodged at about
12.50 pm, on Friday, shooting sporadically and attempting to break into the
hotel rooms.
“It was gathered the some of the hooded security operatives
scaled the fence of the Hotel and attempted to enter the rooms. A melee was set
off as the security operatives attached to the Governor of Oyo state were said
to have resisted the invaders.
“Within a short while, some residents nearby also gathered
to resist the invading gunmen.”
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