Hoodlums Destroy Kogi SDP Secretariat, Set Tinubu/Shettima Banners Ablaze

Ibrahim Oyewale in Lokoja

Suspected political hoodlums have allegedly attacked and destroyed the secretariat of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Lokoja, Kogi State.

The secretariat, which was formerly used for President Bola Tinubu/Shetima campaign office before it was later converted to SDP office following the defection of Murtala Ajaka, its governorship candidate.

While speaking with journalists shortly after the incident in Lokoja yesterday morning, the deputy governorship candidate of SDP, Chief Sam Ranti Abenemi, who visited the scene, said some hoodlums had earlier visited the SDP secretariat threatening to attack the office if they refuse to pull down President Tinubu’s banner.

Abenemi stressed further that “the armed youths came to the secretariat this morning to destroy the building, as a source close to the office told us the armed thugs with axe and machetes stormed the facility and started bringing down the banners 

“As you can see, we are here and we saw that it was true. The glasses were shattered and all Ajaka and Tinubu pictures were burnt.”

The governorship candidate of SDP, Muritala Yakubu Ajaka, also confirmed the incident, saying in a statement that the attack, like previous ones and threats to life and property, would not deter him from going ahead with his campaigns.

In the statement signed by his spokesman, Adejoh-Audu Faruk, yesterday, Ajaka was determined to achieve his quest to become the state governor in November 11, 2023 election.

“The SDP secretariat was destroyed in the early hours of today (yesterday) by suspected political thugs,” the statement said.