Kogi Governorship Poll: APC Thugs Allegedly Burn Down SDP Secretariat in Lokoja

  • Thugs initially tear down SDP flags and posters before replacing it with APC’s.
  • SDP candidate calls out Buhari and APC.
Some hoodlums have burnt down the Kogi State secretariat of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Lokoja, the state capital. Governorship election holds in the state on Saturday, November 16. It was gathered that the act was perpetrated by the suspected political thugs on Monday morning at about 2 am. According to reports, the SDP office was earlier attacked on Sunday while windows and doors of the Secretariat were shattered and banners, posters and other campaign materials at the Secretariat were destroyed and replaced with the posters of the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), governor Yahaya Bello. #KogiDecides: Bello Promises to Do More As He Intensifies Campaign During her visit to the scene on Monday, the party governorship candidate, Barrister Natasha Akpoti, alleged that there were plans by Governo Bello to attack her convoy adding that the unfolding event has affirmed the allegation. She, therefore, submitted that the act was allegedly carried out by some gunmen suspected to be supporters of the APC. “Is this how we are going to sit down and watch the illegality of APC in Kogi State. They invaded our party secretariat with arms, shooting sporadically and destroyed everything and then burnt down the property just because of election? “Am calling on the President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Chairman of APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, the governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Nasiru El’Rufai to call governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello to order. Why are they supporting illegality in Kogi State. “Kogi State belong to every Kogi citizens, I see no reason why Bello should think that he can use violence to achieve his aims, We will not allow that. The people of Kogi have spoken,” she said. READ: Kogi Governorship: Stop Enslaving Yourself to Idris And Wada Family – Edward Onoja Tells Kogi Youths On his part, the state Chairman of the party, Alhaji Muktar Atimah condemned the act in strong terms. He said what happened has brought big setback to democracy. He added that those behind the crime must be arrested and brought to book.

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