Crimes

Thugs attack Kogi SDP chairman

Some suspected political thugs have attacked the Zonal Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi State, Pastor Sunday Atabo.

It was gathered that the hoodlums wielding dangerous weapons, including AK-47s, cutlasses, and rods, invaded Atabo’s house in Aja-Odi Agojoeju, Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State on Saturday night and beat him to a state of coma.

A family member, James Adaji, said the chairman’s properties and other sources of livelihood were destroyed during the attack.

Adaji said: “The hoodlums stormed his house with dangerous weapons, including AK-47s, locally made guns, cutlasses and big sticks. They beat him mercilessly to a stupor.

“Thereafter, they charged towards his property, destroying his cars and other sources of livelihood.”

Speaking on the incident, the state secretary of the party, Arome Okeme, said the hoodlums wanted to set Atabo’s house ablaze.

He said the SDP chieftain, who is also the General Overseer of Bible Believers Church, Agojeju-Efakwu in Ofu LGA, is critically ill and receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital.

“But for God, they tried to set his house on fire with his family in it, but the spark wouldn’t light. Currently, Hon. Sunday Atabor is in a state of semi-consciousness, travelling from consciousness to unconsciousness,” Okeme said.

The party chieftain, therefore, called on the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigerian Army, and other security agencies to intervene and bring the perpetrators to book.

The Star