Unidentified political thugs, today, November 12, sacked the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), professor Mahmoud Yakubu, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu and other stakeholders who gathered in Lokoja, capital of Kogi State for a meeting against the backdrop of the gubernatorial election slated for November 16.
Eye witness said that trouble started when the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Natasha Hadiza Akpoti was prevented from entering the event hall of Idrinana Hotel venue of the meeting, which resulted in altercation between the candidate and security personnel at the entrance.
The security personnel were said to have tried to prevail on her to go back to which she rejected, insisting that she was duly invited for the meeting.
It was at this point that the Police released tear gas to disperse the surging crowed, while all those at the high table, including the Inspector General of Police and INEC chairman, ran for cover.
The Chairman of SDP, Mouktar Atimah, was believed to have been manhandled and beaten up while trying to mediate.
Speaking shortly after the incident, Atimah said that happened showed “the extent to which our society had got rotten.”
He appeared too weak to talk extensively when our Correspondent sought to speak with him. Source: Punch
