Suspected gunmen have attacked David Mike, secretary of the Kogi state governorship election tribunal.
Spokesperson of the Kogi state police command, William Aya, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lokoja, the state capital.
The statement said Mike was on his way to work on Monday when the gunmen waylaid him and made away with petition documents filed by four political parties.
According to the statement, the affected political parties include Action Alliance (AA), Action Peoples Party (APP), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Aya said, two record books and a bag containing the secretary’s personal items were also stolen at gunpoint.
The statement reads: “On Monday, 04/12/2023 at about 1820hrs, one Mr David Umar Mike ‘m’ secretary to Kogi state governorship election petition tribunal along with Labode Apreala (f), confidential secretary and Hassimu Adamu assistant secretary, came to state criminal investigation department, Kogi state police headquarters and reported that on the said date, three of them left their hotel rooms in Lokoja about 1300hrs, heading to their office at the high court complex driving in his (David’s) Peugeot 406 car.
“That just before the CBN at about 1320hrs, one SUV vehicle which had earlier overtaken him blocked his car with two other SUVs following behind.
“All of them surrounded and blocked him as he attempted to reverse.
“He saw about seven hooded men all heavily armed and dressed in black attire who shot severally into the air and dragged him and his two other colleagues out of their car, ransacked the car and made away with all the petition documents.”
Aya said the commissioner of police, Onuoha Benthrand, had ordered a thorough and diligent investigation into the incident.
