About thirty innocent persons were allegedly arrested on Thursday in
Lokoja at the venue of flag-off of model primary school by Kogi State
Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, by security operatives for stoning the
Governor.
As gathered by DailyPost, the security men drafted to Saint Luke
Primary School, Adankolo to safeguard the Governor were said to have
lost focuse by clustering inside the venue of the occasion, leaving
outside security porous.
DAILY POST monitored that some angry youths protesting over
non-payment of salary for several months resorted to throwing stones at
the Governor.
What would have resulted to serious attack, was later averted, but
not without casualties as the stones flying from all directions hit a
man on the head, resulting to serious bleeding. A few others were also
injured in the attack.
The occasion was hurriedly brought to a close and it became a field
day for law enforcement agents to make indiscriminate arrest of innocent
persons while the wounded were taken to unknown clinic.
When DAILY POST reached out to the police spokesperson, he was said
to have traveled out of town on official journey but an eyewitness
account confirmed to DAILY POST that a man was hit on the head with the
stone.
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