Information reaching us from Lokoja, the Kogi State capital confirmed that some armed and masked security men who appeared in police uniforms, on Friday, attacked the hotel where the Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde lodged 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 were 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.