Tension rose on Friday as some men in police uniform invaded the Lokoja residence of a former governor of Kogi state, Ibrahim Idris, to disrupt a meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
It was alleged that Senator Dino Melaye was also present at the meeting.
The people, who wore the police uniform, were fully armed and also wore the mask as they stormed the house located in the GRA, Lokoja, the state capital.
But they were unable to gain entrance into the building as the crowd of party members engaged them and resisted the attempt to disrupt the meeting of the party leaders.
The PDP leaders were said to have informed the military, who later stormed the area and dispersed the hooded men.
The state publicity secretary of the party, Bode Ogunmola, said the party members were surprised to see the hooded men who tried to intimidate them at the meeting of the leaders of the party.
He said, “We were at the house of the former governor of the state, Ibrahim Idris and some hooded men in police uniform came around trying to penetrate, they wanted to forcefully enter Ibro’s house.
“Of course, we stood our ground, we called for military reinforcement. They have been sent back. We stood our ground, how many people can they kill? When they saw the crowd, they were afraid. So, our people started the defence before the military came.”
After they were dispersed, some of them reportedly tried blocking the
convoy of Sen. Dino Melaye but were overpowered and arrested by security agents attached to the Senator’s convoy.
The Senator who had just left the residence of former Governor Ibrahim Idris, after a meeting of PDP leaders, had his convoy blocked by the barricade of hooded political thugs.
But an eye witness report said the security men in the Senator’s convoy over powered the suspected political thugs, arresting two of them while others took to their heels.
The incident which led to pandemonium, saw residents and motorists scampering for safety, following the sporadic shooting.
While the Lokoja incidences were ongoing, the family house of Barr. Natasha Akpoti, SDP senatorial candidate on Kogi Central was been set ablaze in Ihima by suspected APC thugs.
