“Information just got to me as I left the office to the residence that one man called Suleiman and others embarrassed Senator Jubrin Echocho in the Government House.
“I’ve directed CSO to arrest all those involved in such a stupid act and bring them to justice immediately. I will never condone acts of hooliganism and indiscipline,” Mohammed quoted Governor Bello as saying.
The victim of the attack, Senator Jubrin Echocho, representing Kogi East Senatorial District, narrated how thugs attacked him inside the Government House in Lokoja after they visited the governor.
The lawmaker speaking to reportedly said the thugs singled him out from other legislators and pounced on him, accusing him of being responsible for APC’s poor performance in the last governorship election in Kogi East senatorial district.
“As we were coming out, in front of the Governor’s Office, the thugs pounced on me that I was responsible for APC’s failure in Kogi East.
“To my surprise, they brought out knives and other weapons to attack me, but police officers around were able to rescue me inside my vehicle, and we zoomed off. I thank God I didn’t suffer any injury. The police were able to provide sufficient security,” he noted.
Recall that the Kogi elections were marred with voter intimidation and a lot of violence pre-, during, and post-elections. to prevent her emergence amongst other dastardly acts unbefitting of democracy. The chairman of the SDP was also gruesomely murdered during the November elections.
The blatant whitewashing of Bello by the lawmakers and the subsequent attack by the armed men on the government house grounds illustrate the desperation and utter shamelessness of the average Nigerian politician across party lines.
