VIDEO: Thugs Invade Hotel Where PDP Governor Lodged Ahead Of Kogi Election
The Sutoria Hotel in Lokoja where Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State is lodging ahead of Saturday’s governorship in Kogi was allegedly invaded by suspected thugs on Friday.
Media reports said the suspected thugs were dressed in police uniforms.
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Makinde, who is the chairman of the PDP governorship campaign council for the election, is in the state to show support to Musa Wada who is the party’s candidate in the election.
The suspected thugs invaded the hotel, claiming to have information that thugs from Ibadan were lodging in the hotel, Punch reports.
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It was gathered that Governor Makinde’s security aides confronted the suspected thugs when they stormed the hotel.
“The invaders arrived at the hotel dressed in the uniform of the Directorate of State Security Services and the police. They were masked and attempting to surround the hotel when people in the area, who were aware that the governor was there, raised the alarm,” Punch quoted one of the governor’s aides to have said.
“Policemen later arrived to chase them away. This is not good in a democracy. Are we at war? People should be free to make their choice without intimidation.
“If thugs could attempt to harass a governor in a Nigerian state, what awaits the people at the polling unit? If we call them thugs, who gave them the uniform belonging to security outfit? This is not a good thing in a democracy.”
