By Dele Ogbodo
Mr. Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary, to the Governor of Oyo, State, Mr. Seyi Kehinde, has alleged that information made available
to him from reliable source from Lokoja, the Kogi State capital confirmed that some armed and masked security men who appeared in police uniforms have attacked Makinde in his hotel in Lokoja, Kogi state capital.
SHARPEDGENews, however learnt that the state has become highly tensed and charged because between of the stiff underground campaign by both the ruling party APC and the opposition party the PDP to woo voters even at tomorrow, Saturday draws close.
While Makinde is recognized as the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Kogi State Campaign Council, Adisa, said he is in Kogi in his capacity as the Chairman of that Council, but a well known politician who spoke on anonymity to our Reporter, said the governor has no business being in Kogi this time, as according to him, the election if it goes way can be volatile.
He commended the Police for the massive deployment of it’s men to the state, demanding that other para-military bodies should follow suit.
According to the CPS, 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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