Some masked and heavily armed security men dressed in police uniforms have attacked Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State in Lokoja, Kogi State Capital.
This was disclosed in a statement signed and released on Friday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Taiwo Adisa.
The statement said Makinde was in Kogi as Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Kogi State Campaign Council.
It further noted that the attackers arrived the Suitorial Hotels, Lokoja, located along Stadium Road, Lokoja, where the Governor and some members of the PDP Campaign Council were lodged at about 12.50 pm, on Friday, shooting sporadically and attempting to break into the hotel rooms.
The statement read: “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, Engineer Seyi Makinde in Lokoja, Kogi state capital.
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“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 that 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.”
