{"id":7833,"date":"2023-07-09T14:40:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T13:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=7833"},"modified":"2023-07-09T14:51:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T13:51:00","slug":"hoodlums-vandalise-sdp-office-in-lokoja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/hoodlums-vandalise-sdp-office-in-lokoja\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoodlums Vandalise SDP Office in Lokoja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hoodlums have vandalised the Kogi head office of Social Democratic Party (SDP) located on Paparanda Round about Lokoja.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the party\u2019s secretariat was vandalised and some materials burnt down around 10.15 a.m on Sunday with no report of death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Sam Abenemi, SDP Deputy Governorship Candidate, who confirmed the incident to newsmen on Sunday in Lokoja, described the act as \u201cwicked, shocking and uncalled for\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abenemi said he was shocked and worried over the dimension electioneering campaign for Nov. 11 governorship election in the state was assuming.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAll what campaign is in my understanding is canvassing for votes, but the dimensions the race is taking to is scaring and very unfortunate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read Also: Kogi gov: Idah agog for SDP candidate<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cJust this morning around 10.15 a.m. some hoodlums, whom we suspected were sponsored, stormed our party office in Lokoja, vandalised it and set some materials ablaze.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis act is very wicked, shocking and uncalled for. This is not how politics is played in a democratic country like ours, \u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abenemi said, \u201cthis evil and wicked act is aimed at scaring us from taking part in the governorship election, but we won\u2019t be deterred\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He urged the people of Kogi to ensure they participate fully during the forthcoming gubernatorial election, to decide who they want to govern, and not for anyone to force an unpopular person on them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, he appealed to security operatives to investigate the heinous act and ensure the perpetrators were brought to book.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Contacted, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, the Kogi Police Command\u2019s Spokesman, confirmed the incident but that no arrest had been made.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe got the report about the vandalism of the campaign secretariat of SDP and we are investigating the incident to bring the hoodlums to book.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAs it is now, there\u2019s no arrest, \u201d Ovye-Aya said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(NAN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hoodlums have vandalised the Kogi head office of Social Democratic Party (SDP) located on Paparanda Round about Lokoja.\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[34,38,1869,399],"class_list":{"0":"post-7833","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-kogi","8":"tag-lokoja","9":"tag-sam-abenemi","10":"tag-sdp"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hoodlums Vandalise SDP Office in Lokoja - Ebira Reporters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hoodlums have vandalised the Kogi head office of Social Democratic Party (SDP) located on Paparanda Round about Lokoja. 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