The unusual stories following the governorship election in Kogi state has followed it to the tribunal as Petitions by political parties have been stolen by gunmen.
According to the Kogi State Police Command, gunmen attacked the secretary of the state governorship election Tribunal, Mr David Umar Mike on Monday in Lokoja and made away with sensitive petition documents on the just concluded gubernatorial election in the state.
This development was disclosed by the state police command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP William Aya in Lokoja on Wednesday.,
The police authorities said the attackers of the state governorship tribunal secretary carted away all the petition documents filed by four political parties at gunpoint.
According to the police authorities, the documents carted away from Mike include, petitions filed by four (4) Parties: Action Alliance (AA), Action People’s Party (APP), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP) as well as two (2) Record Books/a Bag containing his personal item.
The police added that the incident happened just before the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) office at about 1320hrs on Monday, while victims were on their way to the tribunal venue at the state High court complex, Lokoja
